"An 88% operating margin and a compound annual growth rate of 100% in per-score pricing over five years are not hallmarks of a competitive market," said Sen. Josh Hawley, R-MO.

Rep. Maxine Waters, D-CA, the ranking member of the House Financial Services Committee, called on Democrats in the House to seek a conference committee process for H.R. 6644, the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act.

Home prices increased by 0.1% on a monthly, seasonally-adjusted basis, according to Redfin.

The wholesale-broker channel gained ground in the government-insured sector and in conventional-conforming lending, according to a recent Inside Mortgage Trends analysis of proprietary survey data.

The average homebuyer would save $150 per month by taking out an adjustable-rate mortgage instead of a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage, according to a Redfin report.

New partnerships are slated to yield an AI-powered originations platform in one case and preferred mortgage rates and homebuying advice as an employee benefit in another.

“We welcome regulators’ efforts to enable banks of all sizes to make more loans to American businesses and households, fueling economic growth while maintaining resilience in the banking system,” said trade groups representing banks.

“The risk,” said Mario Ichaso, a trading desk strategist at Wells Fargo, “is that stagflation becomes the common, more dominating view, and mortgage spreads could widen in that situation.”

The seasonally-adjusted annual rate of sales of new homes dropped 17.6% on a monthly basis in January.

One of the goals of the proposals is to help banks better compete with nonbanks.