The Mortgage Bankers Association’s purchase index is a poor indicator of the health of the housing market this year, primarily because government loan applications were significantly down this time last year, according to Goldman Sachs analysts.

A U.S. appeals court ruled that a borrower is not entitled to a refund of prepaid private mortgage insurance if voluntarily canceled before the statutory termination.

Consumers are suing loanDepot over allegations it used illegal compensation structures to encourage LOs to push higher interest-rate loans.

A servicing decline led to 4% less mortgage-related revenue for PNC.

Airlines have been balancing liquidity constraints through securitizations of loyalty program future flows, which sometimes exceed the earnings of actual flight operations, according to a recent report from S&P Global Ratings.

The draft appropriations budget for the Department of Housing and Urban Development is more lenient than the Trump administration’s request, but still zeroes out fresh funding for the HOME program.

An update to the credit scoring rules at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac is expected to improve renters’ mortgage eligibility.

Competition heats up between VantageScore and the Fair Isaac Corporation.

Mortgage applications for new home purchases were up year-over year.

The agency rescinded a 2024 policy imposing certain standards on new construction in areas with a 1% annual chance of flooding.