“Job gains in September, following the data blackout, are reassuring and suggest the economy is not slipping into a recession,” said Lawrence Yun, chief economist at the National Association of Realtors. “This may boost confidence in future homebuying.”

Home prices increased by 2.2% on an annual basis as of the end of September, according to FHFA.

A new program from BofA would add two years of forbearance for borrowers impacted by January wildfires in LA.

“The president’s got a lot on his plate,” Bill Ackman, CEO and portfolio manager of Pershing Square Holdings, said of President Trump. “We’re approaching Thanksgiving, but it’s actually theoretically possible.”

$YLDS availability on the Solana blockchain will allow investors in home loans to access credit in smaller, more fungible pieces, instead of waiting for securitizations or buying whole-loan pools.

Eight expanded-credit MBS hit the market this week, with a total unpaid principal balance of $3.38 billion.

Combined issuance of CRT notes declined from $2.15 billion in the second quarter to $1.25 billion in the third.

dv01 attributed the increase in impairments to the partial shutdown of the federal government.

MBA projects that the average interest rate for a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage will increase from 6.3% in the fourth quarter of 2024 to 6.4% in the first quarter of 2026, and then remain at 6.4% through the year.

Refi volume in Ginnie MBS issuance increased by 46.7% on a monthly basis to $15.25 billion in October.