9+ hour, 44+ min ago  (267+ words) Buoyed by stabilizing capital market conditions, total commercial real estate (CRE) mortgage borrowing and lending hit an estimated $706 billion in 2025, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA). That robust total marks a 40% increase from the $505 billion transacted in 2024 and a…...

7+ hour, 2+ min ago  (436+ words) Bob Broeksmit, president and CEO of the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA), expressed support Tuesday for federal banking agencies" Basel III reproposal while offering suggestions for how to improve the global banking framework. Testifying before the House Financial Services Committee alongside…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (117+ words) Democratic lawmakers question whether a nonprofit payment platform led by the FHFA director is operating outside of exempt activities...

12+ hour, 48+ min ago  (577+ words) Inflation outpaced national home price growth for the ninth consecutive month in February, eroding real home values as headline readings show persistent but increasingly paltry gains. The S&P Cotality Case-Shiller U. S. National Home Price Index posted a 0. 7% non-seasonally adjusted yearly…...

10+ hour, 2+ min ago  (447+ words) Consumer confidence that remained resilient in March despite the shadow of the ongoing Iran war proceeded to brighten slightly in April, new survey findings reveal. An upwardly revised reading of 92. 2 in March edged higher to 92. 8 in April as The Conference…...

13+ hour, 39+ min ago  (277+ words) Monthly and yearly home price gains continued to trend lower in February as purchase affordability pressures kept homebuying demand muted, softening price gains. Updating its House Price Index (HPI) on Tuesday, the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), which regulates Fannie…...

1+ day, 8+ hour ago  (754+ words) One of the safest bets going this week is that the Federal Reserve will hold interest rates steady when the clock strikes 2: 00 on Wednesday. So sure are investors on this course of inaction that CME Fed Watch assigned the odds…...

4+ day, 8+ hour ago  (220+ words) The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) sent a letter Friday to the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) with eight recommendations for how the agency can improve its multifamily mortgage insurance programs to better support the development and preservation of…...

4+ day, 6+ hour ago  (70+ words) Scotsman Guide Mortgage credit score competition is increasing. Will it lower costs? Two of the "juggernauts in the housing ecosystem" were "singing from the same song sheet" this week, according to Bill Pulte, director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency…...

4+ day, 9+ hour ago  (531+ words) The company reported in its initial snapshot of last month's mortgage performance trends that the national delinquency rate fell by 37 basis points to 3. 35% in March, "in line with the typical seasonal improvement for the month" but still 14 basis points higher…...