The Fed’s actions Wednesday didn’t change the MBA’s forecast for mortgage rates.

Banks are structuring CRT deals to include stronger mitigants to counterparty risk, which can help to boost the rating for the deal above the rating on the bank itself.

Redfin’s homebuyer demand index declined by 2% on a monthly basis in early June.

The termination only applies to activity in the Des Moines, IA, HUD field office.

It’s the first non-agency MBS with a significant amount of electronic promissory notes, according to Moody’s Investors Service.

If the CFPB's proposed ban on medical debt on credit reports is established, the agency estimates that it could lead to approximately 22,000 additional home loans per year.

According to an analysis by Inside Mortgage Finance of data from the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act, Open Mortgage originated $480.9 million of mortgages in 2023, with FHA loans accounting for 38.6% of that volume.

VA stressed that borrowers should still negotiate their buyer-broker fee and that homebuyers can still ask sellers to pay the fees at closing.

Brokers accounted for 19.1% of first-lien originations in the first quarter, up from 17.5% in the previous quarter.

The MBA anticipates that the fed will cut rates in September while some suggest there's a possibility that a rate cut won't occur until 2025.