“Just when I think things are falling in place, another wild card arrives,” Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) president and CEO Bob Broeksmit said Tuesday morning at ICE Experience’s X26 annual mortgage conference. In a conversation with ICE Mortgage Technology President Bob Hart that spanned recent executive orders, mergers and acquisitions, and artificial intelligence, Broeksmit admitted…
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Top banks in the mortgage space, which have relied on a similar playbook for years, say they could become more active if upcoming changes to capital rules provide more flexibility, several industry executives told HousingWire. But any shift in strategy is expected to take time. Depositories typically focus on their existing customer base, ranging from…
Pending home sales picked up slightly in February as affordability improved, but they remain below 2025 levels, according to data released Tuesday by the National Association of Realtors (NAR). The trade group’s Pending Home Sales Index rose 1.8% from January to a reading of 72.1 in February. This is 0.8% below the index’s February 2025…
For years, the real estate industry has had a simple way of defining success: volume. Awards, rankings and record sales numbers have always served as our scoreboard. While those metrics still matter, they no longer tell the full story of what it means to be a true top producer. Today’s housing market is more complex…