Short Takes: Mixed Mortgage Job Numbers / A Mini Refi Boom? / Trading Up / Warehouse Implications / Property Insurance Costs Spike September 8, 2025 Paul Muolo The big question for all mortgage professionals: Are we in for some type of mini refi boom?Read More
Nonconforming Mortgages Gain Originations Share in 2Q September 5, 2025 Brandon Ivey Nonconforming products accounted for 21.2% of first-lien originations in the second quarter, according to a new analysis by Inside Mortgage Finance.Read More
Mortgage-Banking Income Down Slightly at Banks September 4, 2025 Namrata Bhatia First Interstate Bank posted the largest loss in the second quarter, spilling $5.5 million of red ink.Read More
FHLBank Profits Slip in 2Q Even With Boost in Advances September 3, 2025 Dennis Hollier Only two of the 11 regional banks saw a sequential increase in profits in the second quarter.Read More
Bank Servicing for Others Increases in Second Quarter September 2, 2025 Namrata Bhatia As of the end of June, banks held $2.859 trillion in their servicing-for-others accounts, up 1.1% from the end of March.Read More
Wells, U.S. Bank Reduce First-Lien Mortgage Portfolios in 2Q August 29, 2025 James Dohnert U.S. Bancorp saw the largest decline in first-lien holdings between the end of March and the end of June.Read More
Large Servicers See Rise in 2Q Delinquencies August 27, 2025 Brandon Ivey Delinquencies rose at both nonbanks and banks during the quarter.Read More
GSE Purchases of Credit Insurance Down in 2Q August 26, 2025 Dennis Hollier Freddie Mac credit insurance increases raised the numbers for both GSEs in the second quarter.Read More
Government Lending Has Its Best Quarter in Three Years August 25, 2025 Emmeline Willey Among the top 20 FHA/VA producers in 2Q25, not one was a federally insured depository.Read More
Purchase Mortgages Outpace Refis in Second Quarter August 22, 2025 Brandon Ivey Purchase-mortgage originations increased by 41.2% from the first quarter while refi business was up 34.1%.Read More
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