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Fannie Mae lowered its 2025 originations forecast by 2.5%, and total home sales forecast by 2.25%, this week.
President Trump orders agencies to potentially reopen comments on new rules
One-third of typical mortgage payment now made up of taxes and insurance
Borrowers could be qualified ‘in minutes,’ and large staffs made redundant by AI, mortgage exec says
The SEC issued a hefty penalty and cease-and-desist order, barring future misleading statements
Build a boat or learn to swim — a wave of 3rd-generation housing technology is crashing over the industry

Table stakes are rising for mortgage lenders ahead of 2025, as policy pivots loom and sales forecasts are adjusted
Half-a-dozen class-action law firms have launched investigations into AnnieMac's "proactive" handling of a late-August data breach.
As regulatory roll-backs loom over financial sectors, the CFPB says consumers' financial data rights are states' to forfeit
Rocket generated $29.8 billion in net rate lock volume during Q3, a 43% increase over last year