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Brandon Ivey

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Trump’s Promised Housing Affordability Plans MIA at Davos

January 21, 2026
Brandon Ivey
Trump delivered wide-ranging remarks at the event but didn’t reveal any new housing policies.
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BOK Financial Making Big Push in Warehouse Lending

January 21, 2026
Brandon Ivey
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.
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Short Takes: Mortgage Applications Rise / Inventory Influencing Home Price Trends / Refi Share Spikes at Wintrust / First American Offering Free Title Monitoring

January 21, 2026
Brandon Ivey
Applications for refis increased by 20% on a weekly basis last week.
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MSR Values, Hedging Eat Into U.S. Bank’s Mortgage Earnings

January 20, 2026
Brandon Ivey
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.
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Short Takes: Calm Before the Storm / FHA Premium Cut? / Homebuilder Sees Constrained Demand

January 20, 2026
Brandon Ivey
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.
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Non-Agency MBS Issuance Jumps 61% in 2025

January 16, 2026
Brandon Ivey
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.)
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MBA Economist Still Sees Interest Rates Staying Above 6.0%

January 16, 2026
Brandon Ivey
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.
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Agency MBS Investors Await Details on GSE Purchases

January 16, 2026
Brandon Ivey
It remains unclear what types of MBS the GSEs are planning to buy and the span of the planned purchases, among other factors.
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Servicing Valuations Cut Into Banks’ Mortgage Earnings in 4Q

January 16, 2026
Brandon Ivey
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.
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Short Takes: Home Prices Slip in CA / Planet Financial Launches Insurance Offerings / M&T Bank Looking to Increase Originations

January 16, 2026
Brandon Ivey
The median home price in California declined by 0.4% on a monthly basis in December.
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