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

Some $295.0 billion of non-agency jumbos were originated in 2025, a nearly 40% increase on an annual basis.

The MBA is seeking changes to some provisions when the House takes up the bill.

Loveen Advani, chief financial officer at Better, projected that the company will hit breakeven status by the third quarter of 2026, when looking at earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization.

Starts of single-family homes declined by 2.8% on a monthly basis in January.

The $562.5 million offering is linked to a pool of loans with a total unpaid principal balance of $5.0 billion.

The two biggest issues the MBA has with the bill in the Senate involve loan limits for FHA multifamily mortgages and provisions in an effort to limit institutional ownership of single-family properties.

Western Alliance completed the most repurchases among banks in 2025 with $109.1 million in volume, a 48.0% jump on an annual basis.

There are indications that some Two Harbors shareholders will oppose the planned acquisition by United Wholesale Mortgage because it’s an all-stock deal and UWM’s stock is trading near the lowest level it’s been at since UWM became a publicly traded company in early 2021.

Non-agency jumbo mortgages accounted for 15.4% of total single-family originations in 2025, compared with a 12.7% share in 2024. Meanwhile, agency high-balance activity declined somewhat. (Includes three data tables.)