MBA CEO Bob Broeksmit came to the defense of the FHA program and nonbank participants after the Wall Street Journal’s editorial board suggested nonbanks had engaged in risky underwriting under the government guarantee.

Industry groups — including the Community Associations Institute, the Community Home Lenders of America and the National Association of Realtors — made their displeasure about the change to condo loan applications known in a recent joint letter to Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte.

Among the milestones that the effort is on track to meet: development of technology systems to accommodate the transition.

A rise in purchase-mortgage volume wasn't enough to offset declining refi activity.

FHA mortgages continued to show the worst performance.

Ginnie will allow trial payment periods to count toward the agency’s seasoning requirements.

Servicers will not need to use a judicial foreclosure process to terminate a loan backed by the Department of Veterans Affairs that has a partial claim interest, according a new VA policy.

The refi share of agency MBS issuance slid to 24.1% in July after accounting for 45.1% in March.

FHA loss-mitigation removals more than doubled from $1.86 billion in the first quarter to $4.74 billion.

In the first half of 2026, $120.88 billion of GSE purchase mortgages with private MI was securitized, a 4.5% increase from the first half of 2025.