Industry watchers expect the fiscal year 2025 budget appropriation bill to get kicked further down the road through another continuing resolution.

Old industry hands like Mike Calhoun of CRL and former FHFA acting Director Ed Demarco say getting the GSEs out of conservatorship might be more complicated than the Trump administration believes.

If past is prologue, the Federal Housing Finance Agency’s plan to hire as many as 141 employees may only be aspirational.

The majority of recent homeowners who responded to a survey conducted by TransUnion said they plan to refinance in the next 12 months.

The former Freddie executive said eliminating mortgage servicing rights, or transferring them to the GSEs, would eliminate the need for nonbank mortgage servicers to make servicing advances on delinquent loans.

MGIC saw a significant gain in market share during the third quarter, but private MIs overall lost ground to FHA and VA due to surging refinance activity. (Includes four data tables.)

The delinquency rate on mortgages has been on the upswing this year, reaching 3.61% at the end of September, according to the Inside Mortgage Finance Large Servicer Delinquency Index. (Includes data tables.)

President-Elect Donald Trump is expected to replace Rohit Chopra as CFPB director. It’s not yet clear how the Trump administration plans to handle mortgage-related efforts in progress at the CFPB.

Brian Montgomery and Bill Pulte are among the names floating to lead the Department of Housing and Urban Development.

The cost of a credit score for originations is set to increase by 41% in January. The plan prompted trade groups representing lenders to renew calls for regulators and Congress to address pricing practices for credit reporting products.