Mortgage credit availability decreased in August according to the Mortgage Credit Availability Index (MCAI), a report from the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) that analyzes data from ICE Mortgage Technology.
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Friday Harbor, an AI pre-underwriting platform that helps loan officers assemble complete and compliant loan files in real time, announced its integration to the Freddie Mac Income Calculator API. Lenders can now determine calculated monthly income for wage earners, including borrowers with variable income, in minutes while helping preserve eligibility for certain representation and warranty (R&W) relief tied to the income calculation.
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Argyle, a consumer-permissioned verification platform, announced an expanded integration with Tidalwave, an agentic AI platform that automates the full U.S. mortgage lifecycle from application through closing. Argyle and Tidalwave partnered in 2025 to embed Argyle’s verification of income and employment (VOIE) solution into Tidalwave’s borrower workflow through payroll connectivity.
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Dark Matter Technologies (Dark Matter) announced it has expanded its leadership team with two experienced executives: Salvatore Piccola as senior vice president of product strategy and Gil Valera as vice president of professional services. The additions strengthen two areas central to Dark Matter’s growth strategy: innovation focused on using AI to improve customer experience, help lenders realize efficiencies, and drive seamless implementation and adoption of its product capabilities.
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Atlas VMS announced the acquisition of CloseClear.ai, an early-stage platform that continuously monitors active mortgage loan pipelines against live federal disaster data to flag GSE repurchase risk.
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Click n’ Close, a multi-state mortgage lender, announced that mortgage industry veteran Blake Priest has joined the company as director of whole loan trading. In this role, Priest will lead the company’s scratch and dent purchasing, giving correspondent partners another outlet for loans that fall outside traditional investor guidelines. In addition, he will oversee lead sourcing and pricing assessments, monitor hedging performance and participate in secondary distribution to support continued growth across the correspondent division.
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The Community Home Lenders of America (CHLA) and the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) both released statements in response to FHFA Director Pulte’s announcement that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac would open up VantageScore to all lenders.
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Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (NYSE: ICE) released the July 2026 ICE First Look at mortgage delinquency, foreclosure and prepayment trends. Here’s what the report said:
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nCino, Inc. (NASDAQ: NCNO), the platform for agentic AI banking, announced its newest experience for third-party originators. TPO Experience is a new capability within nCino Mortgage Point of Sale that enables mortgage lenders using the Encompass loan origination system (LOS) from ICE Mortgage Technology to originate loans submitted by third-party originators on the same platform as their retail business.
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ATTOM released its July 2026 U.S. Foreclosure Market Report, which shows there were a total of 39,906 U.S. properties with foreclosure filings — default notices, scheduled auctions or bank repossessions — up 1 percent from a month ago and up 10 percent from a year ago.
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