Residential Transition Loan Originations Simmer August 27, 2025 Abby Zimmardi Production is cooling off even as interest rates on RTLs decline.Read More
Short Takes: Home Equity Used to Pay Student Loans / Mortgage Apps Slow / Homesellers Retreat / FNB Hires New Chief Consumer Banking Officer August 27, 2025 Shannon Clark and James Dohnert Interest in HEIs for student loan repayment will likely continue to grow given dwindling deferment options.Read More
GSE Purchases of Credit Insurance Down in 2Q August 26, 2025 Dennis Hollier Freddie Mac credit insurance increases raised the numbers for both GSEs in the second quarter.Read More
Chase Relaunches HELOC Program August 26, 2025 James Dohnert Chase has brought back its HELOC program after stopping new applications in 2020.Read More
Knock Issues Inaugural Securitization August 26, 2025 James Dohnert Knock has issued a $100 million bond backed exclusively by bridge loan products.Read More
Short Takes: Logan Finance Adds Dobynes / MBA Shares Recommendations for BNPL Debt / Planet Grows / DQs Declining August 26, 2025 James Dohnert The national delinquency rate improved for the second month in a row.Read More
Purchase Mortgages Outpace Refis in Second Quarter August 22, 2025 Brandon Ivey Purchase-mortgage originations increased by 41.2% from the first quarter while refi business was up 34.1%.Read More
Rocket Upsizes Securitization of Closed-End Seconds August 22, 2025 Brandon Ivey The deal size increased by nearly 30% compared with Rocket's initial plans.Read More
Some Anxiety in Secondary Market on Potential GSE Reform August 22, 2025 Dennis Hollier Libby Cantrill, a managing director and head of public policy at PIMCO, warned that the administration’s concept is beset with problems.Read More
Homebuilder Hovnanian Sees Margins Shrink With Buydowns August 22, 2025 Brandon Ivey Some 75% of Hovnanian homebuyers who received a mortgage from the company used a buydown during the fiscal third quarter this year.Read More
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