Bob Broeksmit is president and CEO of the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA). This column is edited and adapted from prepared remarks delivered today at the MBA’s 2024 Annual Convention and Expo in Denver. While the rest of the country is anxious about the...
Total mortgage origination volume is expected to increase to $2.3 trillion in 2025 from the $1.79 trillion expected in 2024, according to a forecast from the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA). In the new forecast, purchase originations will increase 13% to $1.46...
Rosegate Mortgage LLC, a Charlotte, North Carolina-based mortgage lender, has created a partnership with Rice Park Capital Management LP, a Minneapolis-based private investment firm, to launch a direct-to-consumer origination platform that will provide home financing...
FICO (NYSE: FICO) has released the FICO Score Mortgage Simulator as a new analytic tool for mortgage professionals. According to the Bozeman, Montana-headquartered company, the new tool simulates the potential impacts to a consumer’s FICO Score with various simulated...
Mortgage rates were on the rise once more in the new Primary Mortgage Market Survey published by Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC). The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 6.54% as of Oct. 24, up from last week when it averaged 6.44%. A year ago at this time, it averaged...
Mortgage application activity is in decline while forbearance levels are on the rise, according to data reports from the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA). The Market Composite Index, the MBA’s measure of mortgage loan application volume, decreased 6.7% on a...
