MBA president fires back on claims of poor FHA underwriting

Bob Broeksmit said WSJ op-ed erroneously linked the health of an independent lender to the health of the FHA's Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund

Fed Chair Warsh will vote to hike rates if data doesn’t improve

The three things that matter now

Warsh delivers hawkish Jackson Hole speech, fueling speculation of a September rate hike

Markets now see a 57.4% chance of a September rate hike

“The Crooked E” and manufactured housing: Evidence of systemic failures and corruption

The Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) consolidation thesis

AI can estimate a home. An appraisal can inform the decision.

Appraisers apply standards, bias controls and property-specific market analysis that models do not require

Real REMAX Group halts Motto Mortgage franchise growth

Vic Lombardo, the president of REMAX’s mortgage services, had stepped down from his role

As Kortas and Casa make peace, AIME is back in the mix

NEXA says it will cover AIME memberships for about 4,100 loan officers as Casa seeks a role as membership director

Builders face a tougher math problem as completed inventory rises

With apologies to Jim Morrison and the Doors, the time to hesitate is through

Ginnie Mae wants issuers to focus on fixing loan-level data quality

Joe Gormley says standardized submissions could cut reconciliation work and support friction-free servicing transfers

NWMLS launches AI home search on NWMLS.com with Broker Public Portal

New Cribio-powered experience offers natural-language search and real-time Washington listings with direct broker attribution.

Early state tax data prompts NYC to pare pied-a-terre tax pool

Filings say DOF will contact about 12,000 owners, and 1,210 are cleared after early 2025 state income tax records arrived

Foreclosure filings rise 10% annually in July, ATTOM says

ATTOM counted 39,906 filings, up 1% from June, while REOs increased 23% from July 2025

Stellar MLS’s new CEO wants to put the industry in fast-forward

Fairley took the helm at Stellar MLS in March, succeeding Merri Jo Cowen

The mortgage industry is deploying AI backward

Lenders that unify policy content and governance before borrower tools can cut search time and reduce compliance risk

What lenders need to ask as they prepare for a multi-credit scoring model environment

Four questions to align pricing, underwriting, compliance and post-lock workflows on a single source of truth

Colorado’s AI proposal raises new compliance questions for lenders

MBA says definitions of ADMT and consequential decisions need clearer guidance for creditors

Retirees are experiencing a disconnect between net worth, cash on hand

Prosperity is far from evenly distributed, and many older Americans are carrying significant debt into retirement

New home demand swoons even as sales prices hit a 5-year low

As new orders weakened in July, the median sales price of a new home fell to $393,800, the lowest level recorded since July 2021

Why 45 homebuilding markets may not beat six high density ones

This analysis separates corporate scale, operating density, and production scale in costs, cycle time, and predictability

Veterans United promotes Jeremyah Grigery to CMO

The move comes as the lender looks to expand education around VA home loan benefits