Housing affordability ranked as more important for voters in the 2024 presidential election than abortion rights or student debt, according to a survey commissioned by Redfin.

Mortgage-banking income at banks and thrifts went up 27.8% in the first quarter of 2024 compared with the previous quarter. Trends were far from uniform among the major players. (Includes data table.)

A number of banks reduced their jumbo originations in early 2024 and nonbanks aren't fully picking up the slack.

Lenders are happy the CFPB is scrutinizing certain fees while harboring some concerns about the CFPB's motives.

Michael Cohen, former President Donald Trump’s former attorney, testified during the trial that he used proceeds from a personal home equity line of credit to pay off Stormy Daniels on behalf of Trump.

Goldman is a leading issuer of prime non-agency MBS and an issuer of expanded-credit deals. The firm aggregates loans from various lenders for securitization.

Delinquency rates on commercial MBS in April hit a level last seen in September 2021. And AAA investors in a commercial MBS suffered a loss this month, a first for deals issued after 2010.

Banks reduced their non-agency jumbo lending in the early months of 2024, with nonbanks picking up some of the slack. Deliveries of high-balance mortgages into agency MBS also declined in the first quarter. (Includes three data tables.)

Sales of both existing and new homes declined on a monthly basis in April. Still, home sales and mortgage originations are expected to pick up as interest rates decline.

Goldman aggregated HELOCs from various lenders for the new securitization.