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GSE retained portfolio growth leads to narrower spreads: KBW

GSE retained portfolio growth leads to narrower spreads: KBW

The spread between the 10-year Treasury yields and 30-year fixed mortgage rates tightened at the end of 2025, largely driven...

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Mortgage volumes see first back-to-back fall in 2 months

Mortgage volumes see first back-to-back fall in 2 months

Homes 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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Powell says locked-in pandemic mortgages are stifling housing market

Powell says locked-in pandemic mortgages are stifling housing market

“We feel like the Fed is probably going to move off of targeting Fed funds as its primary policy rate,”...

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Mortgage rates now at their lowest level this year

Mortgage rates now at their lowest level this year

“Mortgage rates continued to trend down this week, hitting their lowest level in over a year,” Sam Khater, Freddie’s chief...

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FHFA’s Pulte has issue with Powell’s take on Fed housing role

FHFA’s Pulte has issue with Powell’s take on Fed housing role

Housing regulator Bill Pulte showed new frustration with Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell and the latest decision to keep short-term...

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Mortgage servicers benefit most from FOMC’s inaction: KBW

Mortgage servicers benefit most from FOMC’s inaction: KBW

In the aftermath of the Federal Open Market Committee’s June meeting, certain interest rate spreads should narrow, but the overall...

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United Wholesale Mortgage adds 1% down payment loan

United Wholesale Mortgage adds 1% down payment loan

United Wholesale Mortgage is bringing back a conventional purchase mortgage in which the borrower only has to come up with...

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Why wholesale beats retail in helping borrowers through the current market

Why wholesale beats retail in helping borrowers through the current market

“Even though the retail is the majority, it’s the minority, because they’re so broken and compartmentalized,” Sloan told Mortgage Professional...

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Some mortgage and housing stocks end Friday higher

Some mortgage and housing stocks end Friday higher

Some mortgage and housing stocks escaped the market’s carnage on Friday, when investors sold off equities in the ongoing reaction...

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US mortgage rates dip, fueling application surge despite economic chaos

US mortgage rates dip, fueling application surge despite economic chaos

“It’s just a very giving market. People are excited. There are a lot of programs for first-time homebuyers too. There...

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