The homebuying platform’s new mortgage platform adds fixed-rate and adjustable-rate purchase mortgages to its product mix.

Better plans to refocus its efforts on partnerships and one of its first big partners is cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase.

A group of 13 publicly traded nonbank lenders reported a combined $2.20 billion in mortgage-banking income for the second quarter, down 32.3% from the first quarter. (Includes data table.)

A brief increase in refinance activity during the first quarter of 2026 pushed the defect rate to a recent high, according to ACES Quality Management.

Zillow Home Loans originated $2.2 billion of mortgages in the second quarter of 2026, nearly double its originations from the same quarter last year.

Daniel Lewis, the new interim CEO of Better Home & Finance, wants the company to focus on “very select ideas that have a demonstrated product market fit.”

The new housing law’s restriction on large institutional investors’ ability to purchase single-family homes could boost demand for investment-property mortgages from mom-and-pop investors.

Pending changes to bank capital requirements are unlikely to move depositories further into the mortgage lending space but could provide some additional flexibility to banks moving forward, according to Kroll Bond Rating Agency.

The Teamsters launched a home affordability program for its members, adding to the growing number of homebuying programs offered through unions.

An Urban Institute study shows that the internal rate of return of a downpayment on a home often exceeds that of a diversified stock portfolio, especially in low-growth real estate markets.