“The companies most at risk tend to be those with limited scale, very narrow product offerings or really weak capital positions,” Norah Zhang, an assistant vice president in the financial institutions group at Moody’s Ratings, said.

“Sky-high mortgage rates and the usual fall slowdown teamed up to chill housing activity,” Zillow said of the market in September.

Freddie Mac Executive Vice President and Chief Risk Officer Anil Hinduja left the company last week.

Invictus was the sixth-largest issuer of non-agency MBS in the first half of 2026, with $11.27 billion in issuance, according to Inside Nonconforming Markets.

Fannie Mae pushed back a deadline for changes to how the government-sponsored enterprise handles rental income for mortgage borrowers to Dec. 1.

Nations Lending called out to branches to join the lender in an open letter released last week.

The deal is expected to increase Velocity’s origination volume by more than 75% and add almost 40% to its servicing portfolio.

Among the changes, Carrington's program now allows eligible alternative-documentation borrowers to qualify with FICO scores as low as 550.

As part of the merger, UMortgage CEO Anthony Casa will join NEXA as an executive partner.

loanDepot's closing price for its stock was less than $1.00 per share over a consecutive 30 trading-day period.