August 2025

Why are some vendors dragging their feet on the ICE SDK transition?

It isn’t news that ICE Mortgage Technology had planned to shut down some of its older tech systems — mainly the Encompass SDK — by Oct. 31, 2025. Users were supposed to switch to newer, API-based technology called Encompass Partner Connect (EPC) by that deadline. Now, the Halloween deadline has been pushed. Instead of 2025, […]

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IMBs swing back to profitability in Q2 with $950 per-loan gain

Independent mortgage banks (IMBs) delivered a pretax net production profit of $950 per loan in the second quarter of 2025, rebounding from a $28 loss in the prior quarter. The improvement was fueled by seasonality, cost reductions and higher average loan balances. The data, released on Tuesday, comes from the Mortgage Bankers Association report covering

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