Consumer satisfaction with their mortgage lender lags their opinions on the life, health and property and casualty insurers they do business with, with year-over-year scores for the industry falling. The American Customer Satisfaction Index 2025 Insurance and Mortgage Lenders Study gives the real estate finance business a score of 74, down 1% from a year […]
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In September, mortgage delinquencies rose compared to the month before and September 2024, new industry data shows. The most notable jump came in late-stage delinquencies, 90-119 days past due, which hit the highest level since January 2020 and saw the largest year-over-year increase among all credit products from 0.16% to 0.18%, according to the latest
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Housing rewards platform Bilt Technologies will partner with Venmo, adding the app to its existing payment methods that can help consumers earn points toward homeownership. Beginning next year, Bilt members will have the opportunity to connect their accounts to Venmo, with the new option offering another way to earn points from rental and mortgage payments,
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A coalition of lenders, servicers and lienholders are challenging a new state law on zombie seconds, arguing it will increase the cost of financing and limit homeowners’ access to equity. The California Mortgage Association and 11 other plaintiffs sued California Attorney General Rob Bonta in September, asking a federal judge to halt enforcement of the
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Two, a mortgage real-estate investment trust, reported a third-quarter loss as it absorbed previously announced settlement costs while also releasing news of some volume gains in subservicing and originations. RoundPoint’s corporate parent reported a net loss to common shareholders of almost $141.25 million or nearly $80.21 million on a comprehensive basis. Common shares’ second quarter
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Home prices gained the least in over two years, slowing for the seventh straight month in August as buyers gained leverage in negotiations and inventory grew. A national measure of prices rose 1.5% from a year earlier, according to data from S&P Cotality Case-Shiller. It was the smallest gain since mid-2023 and followed a 1.6%
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Pennymac outlined what it considers key priorities for a healthy housing market as the Trump administration weighs possible near-term reforms to the government-sponsored enterprises. “The potential for structural action at the GSEs is more elevated now than at any point since the conservatorships began in 2008,” Pennymac’s public policy and government affairs experts wrote in
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Mortgage rates fell to the lowest levels in a month last Tuesday and barely budged through the rest of the week. Now, at the start of the new week, the average lender is perfectly unchanged from last Friday. This means there are only a small handful of days with meaningfully lower rates going all the
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Fannie Mae is suing four home warranty providers, accusing them of “willful misuse” of its trademarked name for their own marketing in ways that intentionally deceived consumers. In documents filed in federal court of the Northern District of Ohio, attorneys representing the government-sponsored enterprise named Warranty Global Group, based in Addison, Texas, along with three
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Fannie Mae’s latest economic and housing outlook reflects more positive expectations. The government-sponsored entity notably lowered its mortgage rate expectations for the end of the year to 6.3% from 6.4% in its previous outlook, while its 2026 fourth quarter forecast remained the same at 5.9%. A quarter-over-quarter drop to 6.3% from 6.6% would mark the
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