Annual readings for home price appreciation are close to falling below the increase in conforming loan limits some lenders have offered for 2025.

Rocket, UWM and loanDepot ranked first through third, respectively, in GSE buybacks during the first half of 2024.

Much of the groundwork for administrative reform of the GSEs was laid during the previous Trump administration.

It will be the 10th warehouse securitization from loanDepot.

“The real issue with housing is that we have had — and are on track to continue to have — not enough housing,” said Fed Chair Jerome Powell.

A Trump plan for resolution of the GSEs? Sounds like it...

The average interest rate on a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage declined to 6.20% this week, according to Freddie Mac.

Purchase-money mortgages accounted for 82.5% of agency MBS issuance during August, though the refinance share is growing.

Previous industry changes — the Uniform Mortgage Data Program, the single security initiative and the transition away from the London Interbank Offered Rate — took longer than expected to put into place and caught some stakeholders flat-footed.

The Federal Reserve responds to industry criticism by back-pedalling on some of the more aggressive capital requirements in the proposal.