Rating criteria for securitizations of residential transition loans has helped boost investor participation in the sector, according to officials at Morningstar DBRS.

Conforming jumbo business at the GSEs fell 14.4% on an annual basis to $31.85 billion in 2025.

The funding bill passed by the house for HUD in fiscal year 2026 avoids drastic cuts sought by the Trump administration.

The conservative-majority justices appeared critical of the arguments from Trump’s Solicitor General D. John Sauer and expressed concern that Trump’s move could “shatter” the Fed’s independence.

For more than four hours, HUD Secretary Scott Turner repeatedly traced the root of the housing shortage to an issue he told Congress to solve.

The Mortgage Bankers Association, America’s Credit Unions and the Independent Community Bankers of America asked for three specific policy changes to address housing affordability.

Pending home sales declined by 3.0% on an annual basis in December.

Trump delivered wide-ranging remarks at the event but didn’t reveal any new housing policies.

VA refi issuance was the highest since the fourth quarter of 2021.

The executive order would prevent federal agencies and the government-sponsored enterprises from facilitating the acquisition of a single-family home by a large institutional investor.