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February 2026

EXCLUSIVE RESEARCH: How AI is supporting bank mortgage growth plans

Artificial Intelligence, Editorial Research, Mortgage technology /

While the past decade has seen the share of depository institutions in mortgage shrink, a select number of banks and credit unions are growing their home lending departments, and technology’s improvement is one reason why they smell opportunity. Processing Content Coinciding with recent plans among banks and credit unions to grow in mortgage are predictions […]

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Toll Brothers misses orders estimates amid slow housing market

Homebuilders, REALTORS & HOMEBUILDERS /

Toll Brothers Inc. fell short of analysts’ estimates for quarterly orders, signaling that fewer people are signing contracts to build homes as high prices and economic uncertainty hold some buyers back. Processing Content The luxury home builder said Tuesday that it had 2,303 signed contracts for the three months ending Jan. 31, missing analyst estimates

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FHA, Ginnie Mae, VA manage loan performance, affordability

Politics and policy, Servicing /

Officials responsible for mortgages that are directly government-backed weighed in on how they’re looking to address borrower affordability and performance risk amid policy change at the Mortgage Bankers Association’s servicing conference. Processing Content Federal Housing Administration Commissioner Frank Cassidy called his agency’s insurance-fund capital ratio “very strong” and hinted that a premium cut or other

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MSRs in focus as Fed rethinks Basel III rules

Marketing, Secondary markets, Servicing, Underwriting /

Federal Reserve discussions about relaxing Basel III capital treatment of mortgage servicing assets could make MSRs more attractive for banks, but early analysis points to limited near-term market impact. Processing Content Comments from Federal Reserve Vice Chair for Supervision Michelle Bowman on Monday indicated the Fed was discussing removing the requirement to deduct mortgage servicing

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Fed’s Barr outlines AI risks to finance, labor market

Artificial Intelligence, Economy, Interest rates, Monetary policy, Politics and policy /

Key Insight: Federal Reserve Gov. Michael Barr said the economy is currently ‘closest’ to a scenario in which AI gradually raises worker productivity without resulting in sweeping layoffs. Supporting data: Only 17% of firms currently use AI, according to a study cited by Barr. Forward look: Barr says policymakers must prepare for the worst, which

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Fairway, NAIFA reverse mortgage training targets financial advisors

Home equity loans, Originations, Reverse mortgages, Servicing /

Home Mortgage, is launching a new program to help financial professionals integrate home equity into retirement planning.   Processing Content The training, offered exclusively to NAIFA members, focuses on the ethical and strategic use of housing wealth, including reverse mortgages, in retirement planning for clients 55 and older, the organizations said in a press release Tuesday.

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Wall Street is sizing up Warsh’s options to shrink Fed portfolio

Capital markets, Federal Reserve /

Federal Reserve Chair nominee Kevin Warsh has several paths toward reducing the central bank’s $6.6 trillion balance sheet but the process will be costly and lengthy, Wall Street strategists say.   Processing Content Warsh has called for dramatically paring the Fed’s massive financial footprint, rekindling the debate around the size of its portfolio which swelled

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Institutional home buyers gained ground in December

Housing affordability, Housing Inventory, Originations, Politics and policy /

Institutional investors modestly expanded their share of single-family home purchases in December, complicating President Donald Trump’s call to push large buyers out of the market. Processing Content Large investors, those that own between 100-999 properties, accounted for 3% of all single family-home purchases and mega investors, 1,000 or more properties, totaled a 2.8% share in

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Rocket Pro executive Mike Fawaz leaves the megalender

Rocket Pro executive Mike Fawaz leaves the megalender

CAREER & COMPENSATION, Career moves, Mortgage brokers, Rocket Mortgage /

Rocket Pro leader Mike Fawaz, one of the company’s most public-facing leaders, has left his position.  Processing Content The executive vice president, who’s been with Rocket since 2011, made his announcement in a Linkedin post Monday, and his employer confirmed his departure Tuesday. Housingwire first reported the news. His exit comes two weeks after general

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