The Fed will soon issue a proposal to loosen capital requirements for bank holdings of mortgage servicing rights and a proposal loosening capital requirements for mortgages held in portfolio by banks.

Rithm Property Trust is looking to acquire an agency multifamily loan originator or servicer.

Some 29% of home purchases in December were all-cash transactions, according to Redfin.

For the full year, refis accounted for 30.1% of total first-lien mortgage originations, up from a 21.5% share in 2024.

Marina Walsh, a vice president of industry analysis at the MBA, suggested that the rise in FHA delinquency rates could soon slow.

Onity posted net income of $127.0 million in the fourth quarter, compared with a $21.0 million profit the previous quarter.

No customers of TransUnion have shifted to the direct license program FICO launched in October.

Republicans are poised to introduce a bill that would codify reforms of the GSEs that have been completed administratively. The bill would also establish a utility model framework for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and alter how calculations are made to annual changes in loan limits.

The ABS is backed by 5,441 fixed-rate balloon loans tied to bitcoin holdings. The loans have an outstanding balance of $199.1 million. There are concerns about rising LTV ratios as the value of bitcoin drops.

Rep. French Hill, R-AR, the chair of the House Financial Services Committee, was critical of initiatives by Bill Pulte, director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency.