The House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs advanced a bill that would raise fees on the Department of Veterans Affairs’ streamlined interest rate reduction refinance loans.

The Department of Housing and Urban Development has been funded through the 2026 fiscal year by the consolidated appropriations package signed into law last week.

The number of loans that FHA sampled for defects appeared to decline last year as the share of defective loans rose.

Ginnie Mae said it was working to implement changes to its monitoring frameworks recommended by the Government Accountability Office to curb the risk from the agency’s exposure to nonbanks.

AARP filed a class-action lawsuit against Celink and large home equity conversion mortgage servicers, claiming the parties violated state and federal laws.

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The suit alleges that United Wholesale Mortgage continued to call individuals who were on the federal Do Not Call registry or who had requested UWM stop communications.

Intercontinental Exchange projects that the mortgage technology market  will see low- to mid-single digit growth in 2026.

Newrez will use Valon’s artificial intelligence-led operating system for servicing mortgages starting in 2027.

The Community Home Lenders of America reiterated its support for program revisions at Ginnie Mae to ease liquidity challenges faced by small and mid-sized nonbanks.