"The challenge is getting the requisite understanding of risk, providing the governance infrastructure and really creating the level of transparency and understanding that allow for a less sophisticated lender to adopt this technology," said John Levonick, a senior partner at the law firm of Garris Horn.

The top five markets with a “very high risk” of home price declines are all in Florida, according to Cotality.

Onity valued its owned MSR book at 144 basis points at midyear 2025.

FoA will fund the purchase of Blackstone's stake in the reverse-mortgage lender with a convertible debt facility.

A key factor for some banks appeared to be a sharp decline in provisioning for credit losses.

In July, Rocket “restructured” general and administrative teams that supported the firm’s mortgage lending, citing investments in technology.

"The work on this has picked up significantly in recent weeks," according to Bob Broeksmit, president and CEO of the MBA.

“[The combined operations of Rocket and Mr. Cooper] allows us to be opportunistic and stick to really high expected return thresholds, that, if we can meet them, we’ll be active and we’ll bid at those levels and if we can’t, we don’t have to,” said Brian Brown, chief financial officer and treasurer at Rocket.

The MBA projects that the average interest rate for a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage will decline from 6.8% in the second quarter of 2025 to 6.6% in the second quarter of 2026.

Higher provisions for losses in the second quarter contributed to a 14.6% sequential drop in net income for the mortgage giant.