• Optimal Blue’s Mike Vough on borrowers staying rate anchored into 2026,Sarah Wolak

    Optimal Blue’s Mike Vough on borrowers staying rate anchored into 2026

    Borrowers are still anchored to ultra-low, pandemic-era mortgage rates, a mindset that is influencing both purchase and refinance trends as the market heads into 2026. That’s according to Mike Vough, Optimal Blue‘s senior vice president of corporate strategy, who highlighted the company’s latest Mar

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  • NAREB president calls for ‘optimistic underwriting’ to expand homeownership,Jonathan Delozier

    NAREB president calls for ‘optimistic underwriting’ to expand homeownership

    Ashley Thomas III has assumed the presidency of the National Association of Real Estate Brokers (NAREB) — the nation’s oldest and largest Black real estate organization — with an agenda focused on expanding homeownership access. Thomas, a housing policy and wealth equity strategist with more than 25

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  • Bank regulators unveil capital reforms to boost mortgage lending,Flávia Furlan Nunes

    Bank regulators unveil capital reforms to boost mortgage lending

    Federal bank regulators on Thursday introduced proposals to overhaul capital rules, affecting how depositories treat mortgage assets. The package includes three measures: revisions to the Basel III framework for large, internationally active banks; changes to the Global Systemically Important Bank (

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