The Community Home Lenders of America and the MBA applauded the long-overdue passage of the bill.

Loans one payment past due increased 19 basis points during the second quarter, after declining during the first quarter.

Issuance through the first half of 2025 was up by nearly 40% compared with the first half of 2024.

While early-payment delinquency rates showed increases, the rate for loans 120 days or more late declined. Across all three agencies, overall 3.32% of mortgages were past due. (Includes data table.)

The Mortgage Industry Standards Maintenance Organization has published a glossary of artificial intelligence terms and definitions.

Jersey Mike’s has started marketing a $400.0 million whole-business securitization, while Nothing Bundt Cakes is prepping a $445.0 million deal.

Sales were down 7.7% compared with the fourth quarter of 2024.

Although mortgage production and loan sales fell in the first quarter of 2025, banks and thrifts saw a significant increase in income from mortgage-banking operations. (Includes two data tables.)

CrossCountry sold 37.8% of its production to unaffiliated non-agency buyers in 2024.

Correspondent sales of mortgage loans to unaffiliated buyers increased 26.8% in 2024, led by CrossCountry Mortgage, Rate and United Wholesale Mortgage. (Includes data table.)