Mortgage activity increased last week, as rates held steady in the mid-6% range, the Mortgage Bankers Association found. Processing Content The MBA’s Market Composite Index, a measure of mortgage loan application volume, increased 0.4% on a seasonally adjusted basis from one week prior for the week ending June 26, 2026. The Index increased 11% on […]
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You’ve probably heard plenty of doom and gloom about the housing market lately. High rates. Stretched budgets. Headlines that make buying or selling sound like a terrible idea. But the data tells a very different story. This isn’t 2020 or 2021. It was never going to be. Those were the “unicorn years” – historic low
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Loan analysis and technology firm Reverse Market Insight (RMI) on Wednesday announced an expansion of its Reverse Qualifier tool, giving reverse mortgage originators the opportunity to price and model the benefits of proprietary products from SmartFi Home Loans alongside existing capabilities for Home Equity Conversion Mortgages (HECMs). RMI initially launched Reverse Qualifier in October 2025,