Pending home sales declined by 3.0% on an annual basis in December.

Trump delivered wide-ranging remarks at the event but didn’t reveal any new housing policies.

Stacy Kymes, president and CEO of the bank, said BOK could “easily” hit $1.0 billion in warehouse lending commitments by the end of 2026.

Applications for refis increased by 20% on a weekly basis last week.

U.S. Bank took a negative $11.0 million mark for mortgage servicing rights fair value, net of economic hedges, in the fourth quarter of 2025.

Trump is set to reveal plans to address housing affordability and the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on Trump's effort to remove Lisa Cook from the Federal Reserve's board of governors.

Issuance of expanded-credit MBS increased by nearly 80% on an annual basis in 2025 to $75.91 billion. Prime non-agency MBS issuance was up nearly 40% to $45.19 billion. (Includes data table.)

Michael Fratantoni, chief economist and a senior vice president of research and business development at the Mortgage Bankers Association, predicted that interest rates will largely stay above 6.0% in 2026 and 2027.

It remains unclear what types of MBS the GSEs are planning to buy and the span of the planned purchases, among other factors.

Both Regions Financial and PNC Financial had declines in mortgage-banking income in the fourth quarter of 2025 tied to MSR valuations, net of hedging.