While the first few years of the mortgage industry’s relationship with artificial intelligence have been characterized by new gadgets and fear of missing out, 2026’s themes might center on how companies manage to catch up with its game-changing potential. Processing Content If or when they do, the industry should start to see standardization and scalability […]
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National home-price growth is slowing as 2025 comes to an end, while economists anticipate affordability to improve in the new year, multiple reports found. Processing Content The Federal Housing Finance Agency’s index increased 0.4% in October on a seasonally-adjusted monthly basis and 1.7% from a year ago. Prices jumped 1.3% monthly and 1.4% annually on
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A federal judge has barred eight former Union Home Mortgage employees from originating loans in their local cities, a win for the lender in an ongoing lawsuit. Processing Content The multichannel lender sued its ex-branch managers and loan officers this year after they moved to American Pacific Mortgage in January. The plaintiff firm accused its
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Scott Turner, U.S. secretary of Housing and Urban Development.Aaron Schwartz/Bloomberg The beleaguered 50-year mortgage is one of many housing initiatives under consideration for the new year, according to a Trump administration official, and that has industry experts reiterating some suggestions for things to look into before committing to it. Processing Content The reactions come in
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Mr. Cooper is laying off more than 100 California employees, the latest reduction in force following its recent acquisition by Rocket. Processing Content The company, which now operates as a fully owned unit of Rocket Cos., notified state officials of the intent to permanently eliminate 102 positions in a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act
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As the mortgage industry bounced back to relative normalcy, the industry’s biggest brands and most notable names piqued the interest of National Mortgage News readers. Falling rates and improved affordability shaped the market this year, but the Trump administration captured readers’ attention. Here are the most-read stories from National Mortgage News over the past year.
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While consumer affordability when it comes to purchasing a home improved during 2025 compared with a 2022 peak, costs are significantly higher than prior to the pandemic, a pair of metrics show. Processing Content It took a U.S. household seven years to save for a typical down payment on a home, an improvement from 12
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Houses stand in this aerial photograph taken near Mountain View, California, U.S., on Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2019. Facebook Inc. is following other tech titans like Microsoft Corp. and Google, pledging to use its deep pockets to ease the affordable housing shortage in West Coast cities. The social media giant said that it would commit $1
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A mortgage loan originator has settled a coordination action brought by 21 states which permanently bars him from working in the industry in 19 of those. Processing Content Patrick Terrance Donlon, worked for Trusted American Mortgage, disputed the findings but settled the “regulatory concerns without the time, expense, and uncertainty of contesting the findings in
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As the Trump administration pushes crypto further into the mainstream, some lenders are testing whether digital assets can open the door for borrowers who don’t fit the traditional mold and whether the trade-off is worth the risk. Processing Content In June, the Federal Housing Finance Agency director Bill Pulte urged Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac
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