Inflation figures released Tuesday helped to increase the value of stocks, including stocks in mortgage companies.

Refi applications increased by 23% on a weekly basis last week.

Key point: Although 30-day lates make up 2.1% of all mortgages, 38% of that is comprised of FHA mortgages.

Stronger originations and servicing income helped drive Guild to a profit in the second quarter after taking a loss in the first quarter.

United Wholesale Mortgage has all of its servicing with one subservicer as the nonbank builds an in-house servicing operation.

Servicing was the only mortgage category to see a quarterly drop in complaints.

"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.

“Gravity is being tested,” said Mark Garland, a managing director at SitusAMC.