"We may still see the 30-year dip back below 6%, but a refinance rally feels farther away than it did a month ago," said Eric Orenstein, a senior director at Fitch Ratings.

Due to accounting rules, earnings from the loans locked during the third quarter of 2025 were recognized in the third quarter rather than the fourth quarter.

“Mortgage rates continued to move higher, driven by increasing Treasury yields as the conflict in the Middle East kept oil prices elevated, along with the risk of a broader inflationary shock,” said Joel Kan, a vice president and deputy chief economist at the MBA.

Institutional Shareholder Services recommended that Two Harbors shareholders vote against the planned acquisition by UWM.

Home prices declined by 0.2% on an annual basis in February, the first annual decline since 2012, according to First American Data & Analytics.

The National Consumer Law Center predicted that implementing the mortgage-focused order will “re-ignite the market conditions” that led to the financial crisis of 2008.

ICE said the voice agent can manage thousands of simultaneous interactions.

Seneca owned mortgage servicing rights with an unpaid principal balance of $42.31 billion as of the end of December, according to estimates by Inside Mortgage Finance.

Among other actions, the order calls for the CFPB to revise major mortgage regulation, such as the ability-to-repay and servicing rules.

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. has announced a board meeting for March 19 to discuss two proposals to adjust capital requirements for banks.