Conforming loan limits for mortgages sold to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will rise by 3.3% in 2026, the smallest increase since 2017.

Several large lenders are offering discounts and promotions to drum up business during a slow time of the year.

Achieve Loans started marketing a $271.2 million securitization of home equity lines of credit late last week.

Prepayments rose as more recent homebuyers opt to refinance their higher interest rate mortgage.

The Guild acquisition was valued at approximately $1.3 billion.

The $3.46 billion issuance is one of the largest-ever commercial MBS. The data center deal has 10 co-originators including Citi Real Estate Funding, which funded 15.00% of loans in the CMBS.

The real estate investment and property management firm’s securitization is sized at $282.4 million.

The Mortgage Bankers Association has called on lawmakers to end tri-merge requirements for loans sold to the government-sponsored enterprises following reports of increased pricing for credit reports.

Incidences of fraud and loan defects are increasing among refinances as production of the loans accelerates.

The increase is being driven by large aggregators, ICE says.