HUD says 50-year mortgage on table, industry eyes hurdles
Dec 30, 2025Scott Turner, U.S. secretary of Housing and Urban Development. Aaron Schwartz/Bloomberg The beleaguered 50-year mortgage is one of many housing...
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Mortgage Strategy Bumper Christmas Quiz – Mortgage Strategy
Dec 29, 2025Welcome to the MS Christmas quiz – 82 general knowledge questions with a few mortgage related ones just to keep...
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Three Ways to Get 5% Mortgage Rates in 2026
Dec 28, 2025About a year ago, I predicted that the 30-year fixed would fall to 5.875% by the fourth quarter of 2025....
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Midterm elections, inflation, and AI: Why 2026 could be more chaotic than 2025
Dec 27, 2025“You have the Democrats who have seemed to have found the lane arguing this affordability concept,” Hornik said. “You had...
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Mortgage volumes see first back-to-back fall in 2 months
Dec 26, 2025Homes in Centreville, Maryland.Nathan Howard/Bloomberg Home loan applications fell in consecutive weeks for the first time in two months, according...
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Christmas message from Mortgage Strategy – Mortgage Strategy
Dec 25, 2025The team at Mortgage Strategy would like to wish all our readers a merry Christmas and a happy New Year....
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MBA Calls for Single Credit Report for a Mortgage If Your Credit Score is 700+
Dec 24, 2025In case you’re unaware, mortgage lenders pull a tri-merge credit report when you apply for a mortgage, whether it’s for...
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Why non-QM surged in 2025, and why one executive says 2026 could be even bigger
Dec 23, 2025“In late 2024, all the forecasts that I saw, we were thinking non-QM originations were going to hit maybe $70...
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Warren seeks records on ‘zombie’ second mortgages after crisis
Dec 22, 2025A key Senate leader is requesting records surrounding the cancellation of second mortgages following the Great Financial Crisis and asking...
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Pace of lender rate cuts stays low, says Moneyfacts – Mortgage Strategy
Dec 21, 2025The pace of mortgage rate cuts is low but continuing, the latest rate watch data from Moneyfacts reveals. Week-on-week, the...
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