The heads of mortgage industry trade groups are frustrated that the federal government is crowding out non-agency market participants.

The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments next week in a case that could decide the fate of the CFPB; CFPB tracking lending trends from 2022 HMDA data; FHFA looks to expand activity involving mortgages with shared-equity features.

“No one wants the CFPB to go away, no one wants the rules to be unenforceable,” said Nanci Weissgold, a partner at the law firm Alston & Bird.

Applications for both purchase mortgages and refinances declined last week.

Retail lending accounted for 85.9% of jumbo originations in the first half of 2023, among a group of prominent lenders surveyed by Inside Nonconforming Markets.

Activity by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac involving shared equity loan programs has been limited to this point and the FHLBanks are currently prohibited from acquiring mortgages in shared equity programs.

Home prices increased by 0.8% on a monthly basis in July.

Delinquency rates may be nearing cycle lows...

The CFPB plans to propose a rule in 2024 that would lead to the removal of medical bills from credit reports.

There's an interplay between how the proposal would impact larger banks and the effects on nonbank mortgage companies.