Amid bold policy and product headlines aimed at affordability, mortgage advisors remain essential for translating national proposals into clear, locally relevant guidance that helps borrowers make informed long-term decisions
Longtime First American vice chair and widely respected housing finance leader Kurt Pfotenhauer is remembered for his leadership, public policy influence, and commitment to family and service
MISMO’s newly published SMART Doc V3 Power of Attorney specification brings verifiable, tamper-evident data to a critical legal document, strengthening efficiency across the digital mortgage ecosystem
The year 2025 marked a turning point for the industry, exposing outdated models and accelerating a shift toward advisory skills, AI-enabled workflows, early-stage consumer education, and intentional personal branding
MISMO names its 2026 board of directors, tapping a cross-industry slate of leaders to guide standards around AI, digitization, and regulatory complexity in mortgage finance
MISMO provides the shared data model and prescriptive standards that create the common language enabling consistent, scalable, and modern mortgage lending across the industry
MISMO has launched its Technology Impact and Enablement community of practice to unite industry professionals in evaluating and advancing innovations that modernize the mortgage sector and shape evolving standards
MISMO’s new guidance is designed for organizations using the MISMO reference model as they integrate next-generation credit scoring models into their systems
MISMO has released a new standardized servicing dataset — developed with the VA — that aims to modernize and streamline how federal housing agencies and servicers share data
A retrospective of the organization that provides the common language for exchanging data and information across the mortgage finance industry that have been accepted and deployed by every type of entity involved in creating mortgages