Santander Bank is marketing a $289.3 million securitization of closed-end second liens, a first for the bank.

Experian joined Equifax in offering free VantageScore 4.0 scores to mortgage lenders that buy certain score bundles.

The Mortgage insurance firm is in the process of selling its mortgage conduit, Radian Mortgage Capital.

Tighter underwriting standards at depositories are driving investors to seek funding from nonbanks at an increasing rate, according to Charles Goodwin, a vice president at Kiavi, a fix-and-flip lender.

Conforming jumbo mortgage volume is falling below levels seen in 2024.

dv01 said caution is warranted in interpreting the rise in the impairment rate as August ended on a Sunday.

Greg Sher, a managing director at NFM Lending, warned about potential parallels between the expanded-credit market and the non-agency market in the runup to the crash of 2008.

By eliminating its bank holding company, Flagstar Bank will drop the Federal Reserve as a regulator.

The top prime jumbo and expanded-credit issuer so far this year: JPMorgan Chase.

Home equity lending in 2025 is on track to surpass 2022 as the post-financial crisis peak for production.