Joel Berner, a senior economist at Realtor.com, said renovated homes still catch buyers’ attention, but financing the cost of those improvements at today’s rates is less appealing to price-sensitive shoppers.

As short-term rental lending grows, a valuation management company launched a form to make the appraisal process more accurate.

Homeowners said in a recent Hometap survey that traditional home equity solutions do not fit their needs and they are looking for more flexible finance options.

The CFPB adjusted the appraisal exemption threshold; Velocity Financial agreed to sell UPB of non-performing loans and entered a third-party servicing mandate.

The non-agency mortgage-backed security market in 2026 is expected to grow with predictions of record issuance volumes.

Nearly 70% of all homebuyers in 2025 didn’t shop with multiple lenders for their mortgage, an increase from 62% in 2024.

Jayendran GS, CEO of Prudent AI, a mortgage tech provider, said the growing presence of AI in underwriting is alleviating some lender fear around the technology.

VantageScore saw the use of its score increase by 68% on an annual basis in the ABS market in 2025, driven by auto loan providers.

Morningstar DBRS this week introduced three new bond categories to better reflect risk profiles.

Correspondent and broker channels gained market share for nonconforming loan originations in the third quarter, according to a new Inside Nonconforming Markets analysis of proprietary survey data.