Mortgage rates may have dipped slightly heading into 2026, but buyer demand hasn't followed. In fact, mortgage applications fell nearly 10% toward the end of 2025, even as borrowing costs eased—a sign ...

On March 6, a group of House Republicans wrote a letter to the House Speaker Mike Johnson and the Senate majority leader John Thune in which they questioned the Dec. 31, 2030 sunset in the provision.

Two of the nation’s largest credit bureaus are cutting the cost of mortgage credit scores as competition intensifies around the adoption of VantageScore 4.0.TransUnion on Monday announced it has ...

TransUnion cuts VantageScore 4.0 to $0.99, aiming to boost lender choice and affordability as FHFA pushes mortgage score modernization and competition.

Company Drives Potential $1 Billion in Industry Cost Savings and Reduces Loan Acquisition Costs with New VantageScore® 4.0 Mortgage Credit Score Pricing Changes. Equifax is advan ...

The divergence suggests tech investors are cautiously parsing the implications. Rival OpenAI announced late Feb. 26 that it secured a deal to deploy its technology within the Defense Department’s ...

Home price appreciation pulled back slightly at the end of last year, according to December data from both FHFA and S&P/Cotality Case-Shiller. The reports reinforce the message that prices continued ...

As nonbanks make and service the majority of mortgage loans and, in contrast to traditional banks, do not accept deposits to fund loans or assist in enduring financial stress, instead depending on ...

Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Director William J. Pulte said President Donald Trump is moving aggressively to drive down borrowing costs, deploying roughly $200 billion from Fannie Mae and ...

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Director Bill Pulte’s July 2025 decision to authorize VantageScore 4.0 for competitive use in GSE-conforming mortgages saves the U ...

Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Director Bill Pulte’s July 2025 decision to authorize VantageScore 4.0 for competitive use in GSE-conforming mortgages saves the U.S. mortgage industry more than ...

The Campaign for Accountability sued the FHFA in D.C. federal court, alleging the agency failed to meet FOIA deadlines tied to a Jan. 22 records request. The records are related to a report delivered ...