Marketpulse Data: Applications Decreased 5.0 Percent From One Week Earlier
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MBA Opens Doors Foundation Welcomes ICE Mortgage Technology’s John Hedlund To Its Board Of Directors
The MBA Opens Doors Foundation (Opens Doors) welcomed John Hedlund, 2026 MBA Vice Chair and Vice Chairman of ICE Mortgage Technology, to its Board of Directors. Opens Doors provides mortgage and rental assistance to families with critically ill or injured children, allowing parents and guardians to be by a child’s side during treatment, without fear of jeopardizing their home.
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AD Mortgage Strengthens Jumbo Offering With New AD Power Jumbo Program
AD Mortgage announced the upcoming launch of AD Power Jumbo, a new unified jumbo mortgage program designed for qualified borrowers who don’t fit traditional bank guidelines.
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Seasonal And Calendar Factors Drive Rise In November Delinquencies
ICE Mortgage Technology, a neutral provider of an end-to-end mortgage platform and part of Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (NYSE: ICE), released the November 2025 ICE First Look at mortgage delinquency, foreclosure and prepayment trends. It showed:
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MBA Applauds House Financial Services Committee Advancement Of The Housing For The 21st Century Act, NFIP Extension Bill
MBA’s President and CEO Bob Broeksmit, CMB, released the following statement after the House Financial Services Committee’s markup and advancement of the Housing for the 21st Century Act and a bill that extends authorization of the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP):
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MBA Opens Doors Foundation Announces Partnership With Nicklaus Children’s Hospital
The MBA Opens Doors Foundation (Opens Doors) announced a partnership with Nicklaus Children’s Hospital in Miami. This partnership will allow the Foundation to grow its mission of providing mortgage and rental assistance to families with critically ill or injured children, ensuring parents and guardians can be by their child’s side during treatment without fear of losing their home.
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Looking Ahead, A Strong End To The Year Points To A Potential Industry Recovery In 2026
Usherpa reported that the fourth quarter of 2025 is shaping up to be the best period, from a new customer perspective, that the company has seen in over a year. Lenders are starting to sense that the industry may be returning to normal after more than three years of reduced activity.
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New Research Finds Zillow’s Zestimate Reduces Uncertainty And Improves Outcomes For Both Buyers And Sellers
New research published in the INFORMS journal Marketing Science finds that while Zillow’s widely used “Zestimate” home-valuation algorithm boosts efficiency in the residential real estate sector, it also significantly benefits lower-income neighborhoods even in situations where the algorithms are sometimes less accurate in those areas.
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Mortgage Application Payments Decreased In November
Homebuyer affordability improved slightly in November, with the national median payment applied for by purchase applicants decreasing to $2,034 from $2,039 in October. 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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LenderLogix Expands LiteSpeed POS With Native eSignature For Borrowers And Loan Teams
LenderLogix, a provider of mortgage point-of-sale and automation software for banks, credit unions, independent mortgage banks, and brokers, announced LiteSpeed eSign, a fully native eSignature experience built into the LiteSpeed point of sale (POS) platform.
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