Author name: Ricky Vasquez

Mortgage credit slips from peak as conforming products retreat

Loan credit availability increased from a year earlier but finished 2025 at its tightest in three months, as conforming products in particular took a notable dive, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.   Processing Content Across-the-board pullbacks, led the MBA’s mortgage credit availability index to drop 2.6% in December to a reading of 104.7 from November’s […]

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CFPB raises HMDA exemption and escrow thresholds

Lenders with less than $59 million in assets last year won’t have to share their home loan data with the government. Processing Content The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Wednesday raised its Home Mortgage Disclosure Act reporting exemption threshold by $1 million over the prior year, the smallest annual increase since 2023. The regulator, which

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The architecture of ambition: Kind Lending and CANDID partner to redefine the mortgage enterprise

In an industry often tethered to the patchwork systems of the past, true institutional growth requires more than a software update. It requires a foundational shift. Today, Kind Lending, the national mortgage powerhouse founded by industry icon Glenn Stearns, announced a strategic partnership with CANDID to execute exactly that: a comprehensive modernization of its operational

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