“Low interest rates will solve the Biden-created housing problem while at the same time protecting the values of those people who already own a house,” President Trump said.

The fourth-quarter total was skewed by Capital One, which reported $484.8 million in mortgage-banking income in the quarter.

By far, the events listed most frequently in Pulte's calendar are meetings with industry leaders.

Redwood Trust is set to issue its first expanded-credit MBS from its Aspire shelf.

The average interest rate for a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage declined by 8 basis points on a weekly basis and hit its lowest level since September 2022.

Recent inflation trends along with the strong jobs report for January “suggest the lower likelihood of a rate cut” at the next Federal Open Market Committee meeting, according to Joel Kan, a vice president and deputy chief economist at the Mortgage Bankers Association.

Fannie projects that the average interest rate on a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage will hold at 6.1% in the second quarter before declining to 6.0% in the third quarter and then remain at that level through the end of 2027.

VA is set to brief members of Congress on the new program and then head toward implementation.

Union Home Mortgage hired a national vice president of mergers and acquisitions.

The Fed will soon issue a proposal to loosen capital requirements for bank holdings of mortgage servicing rights and a proposal loosening capital requirements for mortgages held in portfolio by banks.