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Markets overwhelmingly expect a quarter-point hike, but the Fed’s projections and the bond market’s response may matter more to originators

The retail lender matched Rocket’s $845,000 ceiling as this year’s rollout began weeks earlier than it did in 2025

Lenders will gain competing modern scoring options, but borrowers may not see both offered everywhere

Existing-home supply reached its highest level since 2019, but elevated payments and economic uncertainty pushed sales to a 14-month low

Homeowners who switched carriers saved $440 a year on average, giving originators another affordability variable to address early

Integration gives originators an earlier qualifying-income calculation for wage earners with variable pay

The integration puts risk-based and traditional mortgage insurance pricing inside a platform reporting more than 400 customers and $300 billion in locked-loan volume

Lender says about 1,000 brokers have migrated to the platform, which has cut roughly one week from part of the closing process

The First American subsidiary is sharpening its lender-facing identity after becoming the nation’s fourth-largest mortgage subservicer

Former NTFN president will lead scratch-and-dent purchasing, pricing assessments, and hedging oversight for the lender’s correspondent division