Rates, housing data, and what it means for your file.

Broker warns rate locks may be needed before potential Fed hike

How the biggest lenders weigh buying versus building tech

Whether their solutions come from in-house investments or vendors, top originators don't let their loan officers waste time tinkering with technology.

Mortgage demand from homebuyers drops 19% from a year ago, as interest rates surge abruptly higher

Mortgage demand plummets as rates lurch toward 7%

Metro Report Cards: Top and Bottom of the Class for Homebuilding and Affordability

The challenges facing prospective homebuyers are not uniform across the country: some places punch above their weight class in terms of homebuilding and subsequently offer more affordable homes to…

Beyond the national number: What builders need to know about today’s insurance market

AI can read the mortgage file, but who decides which facts are true?

Is non-QM a modern-day Cinderella mortgage investment?

Record home equity growth unlikely to recede as 30-year rates spike

Lock-in effects are only growing more entrenched as rates rise. Experts don’t expect the second-lien production shift to slow.

How mortgage businesses can manage interest rate risk

Experts have some tips for how to best employ strategies that can minimize the damage from changes in the market.

US 10-Year yield rises to highest since 2007 as Fed looms

Federal Housing Law’s Architects Say Cities Must Now Step Up To Implement Reforms

Furniture Outlet The Dump Is Getting Dumped In Atlanta

The Dump in Atlanta to shut down as parent retreats.

AD Mortgage launches lender-paid rate buydown option

Let America Build campaign backs pro-building policies

Mortgage rates rise to 7.28% as Fed rate hike looms

Builder lending units can turn to FHA to help finance homes

A Fed rate hike could test housing’s new ‘rate normal’

Pulte pushes mortgage insurance cuts as FHFA opens door to servicer outreach

What the Fed should do next, according to a mortgage veteran

A mortgage industry insider has a bold take on rates — and it might surprise you