Eight expanded-credit MBS hit the market this week, with a total unpaid principal balance of $3.38 billion.

A decline in interest rates on mortgages helped to prop up home sales during the partial shutdown of the federal government.

MBA projects that the average interest rate for a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage will increase from 6.3% in the fourth quarter of 2024 to 6.4% in the first quarter of 2026, and then remain at 6.4% through the year.

The Mortgage Bankers Association called for the full Senate to quickly confirm the nominees.

Refi volume in Ginnie MBS issuance increased by 46.7% on a monthly basis to $15.25 billion in October.

Ackman proposed a timeline that would allow the Trump administration to claim some short-term victories while working toward a larger capital raise.

Earnings were helped by a surge in loan applications that locked in September.

Onity is selling reverse-mortgage MSRs to Finance of America Reverse and ending production of the loans.

The parent company of CrossCountry Mortgage priced a $600.0 million debt offering that was upsized due to investor demand.

“After 10 months of deceleration, October brought a small reacceleration in annual house price growth,” said Mark Fleming, chief economist at First American Data & Analytics.