iEmergent, a forecasting and advisory services firm for the financial services, mortgage and real estate industries, announced its support of the newly launched CONVERGENCE Knowledge Hub, a centralized resource designed to help lenders, nonprofit organizations, housing counselors, real estate professionals and community leaders expand access to sustainable homeownership.
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The American Bankers Association Foundation released new free resources as part of its Unlocking Homeownership campaign, in recognition of June as American Housing Month.
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Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (NYSE: ICE) released the May 2026 ICE First Look at mortgage performance trends. The analysis found that while overall mortgage delinquencies increased modestly in May, the rise was largely driven by calendar-related factors rather than broad-based deterioration in mortgage performance.
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LodeStar has released its Year-Over-Year Mortgage Closing Cost Report covering 2024 versus 2025. The report analyzes distinct mortgage quotes across all 50 states and the District of Columbia (D.C.), drawn from the company’s closing cost calculator platform. Nationally, purchase loan closing costs declined by 2.9%, driven largely by falling home prices, which reduced transfer tax burdens across many markets. In total, 28 states saw closing costs decrease, while 23 states experienced increases.
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Companies that are thinking strategically will win the day. How? By making the right connections. The 2026 Connections Award Winner are …
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Tavant introduced Tavant Platform, a next-generation platform for agentic software engineering, data modernization, and enterprise AI automation. As coding agents reshape how software is built, the Platform lets enterprises build automation solutions far faster, reduce the cost of running and maintaining them, and minimize lock-in.
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MISMO released standardized data mappings for the VA Request for Certificate of Eligibility (VA Form 26-1880) and the Request for Determination of Loan Guaranty Eligibility – Unmarried Surviving Spouses (VA Form 26-1817). Developed in close collaboration with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), these specifications enable consistent, data-driven exchange of VA eligibility information in support of VA’s Loan Guaranty digital transformation.
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Homebuyer affordability declined in May, with the national median payment applied for by purchase applicants increasing to $2,198 from $2,152 in April. This is according to the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) Purchase Applications Payment Index (PAPI), which measures how new monthly mortgage payments vary across time – relative to income – using data from MBA’s Weekly Applications Survey (WAS).
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Click n’ Close, a multi-state mortgage lender, announced the appointment of Merv Govender as chief information officer (CIO). Govender brings more than 27 years of technology leadership across the banking, gaming and healthcare industries.
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OptifiNow, an intelligent sales and marketing CRM platform for mortgage lenders, announced that Community Wholesale Lending has implemented OptifiNow TPO to support the continued growth of its wholesale channel.
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