Pennymac Mortgage Investment Trust is generating a return on equity in the low- to mid-teens from issuing non-agency MBS.

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.

MFA Financial's net income in the fourth quarter increased 12.9% from the quarter prior.

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

The increase in issuance occurred across several categories, including a 79.2% surge in volume tied to loans eligible for sale to the government-sponsored enterprises.

Some 29% of home purchases in December were all-cash transactions, according to Redfin.

No customers of TransUnion have shifted to the direct license program FICO launched in October.

Redwood Trust posted a net income of $20.0 million in the fourth quarter of 2025.

When asked Tuesday during Zillow’s earnings call whether mortgage lending is profitable for the company, company officials declined to directly answer the question.

For part of January, the average interest rate on locks for rate-term refis was below 6.0%.