Deliveries of purchase mortgages to agency MBS were essentially level in the first quarter of 2026 compared with the first quarter of 2025. Refi business remained elevated. (Includes two data tables.)

Senate last week passed a revised version of legislation aimed at easing housing affordability. House leaders aren’t fully happy with the bill.

The Senate is set to vote on legislation aimed at addressing housing affordability. MBA had supported earlier versions of the bill in the House and Senate.