Brian Vieaux, president of MISMO, said the dataset aims to make it easier for aspiring homeowners to succeed by creating a standard shared language that can be used between counselors, lenders and the broader mortgage ecosystem.

Fannie Mae hopes to extend the partnership to include fraud detection in its single-family mortgage business.

MetLife's new global head of real estate and agricultural finance comes from Blackstone.

The GSEs plan to announce a new adoption date for the Uniform Closing Dataset during the fourth quarter of 2026.

"While the 2026 spring homebuying season may spark some momentum, the most likely outcome is modest price growth as buyers and sellers remain at a standoff," said Thom Malone, principal economist at Cotality.

The Supreme Court denied a petition from Nationwide Biweekly Administration to hear an appeal of a lawsuit involving the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

New partnerships are slated to yield an AI-powered originations platform in one case and preferred mortgage rates and homebuying advice as an employee benefit in another.

ICE said the voice agent can manage thousands of simultaneous interactions.

Loveen Advani, chief financial officer at Better, projected that the company will hit breakeven status by the third quarter of 2026, when looking at earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization.

“We have built a profitable, scalable platform, and now we have the tools to fundamentally rewire how our customers operate,” said Nima Ghamsari, head of Blend.