The leading mortgage trade group is downgrading its origination forecasts as rates are cutting into anticipated refinance volume.  Processing Content The Mortgage Bankers Association is projecting $2.147 trillion in total originations for 1- to 4-family unit properties this year, it said Friday. That’s a slight decline from the $2.163 trillion projection in July, and on […]

Key insight: The lawsuit is the latest escalation in a running battle between CDFIs and their supporters and the Trump administration, which has repeatedly blocked funding for the popular program.  What’s at stake: The CDFI fund recipients include banks, and many banks get Community Reinvestment Act credit for grants to the financial institutions.  Forward look:

The tortuous, but ultimately successful, path to passage of the recent housing bill brought with it a noticeable slowdown in build-to-rent construction this year.  Processing Content Builders broke ground on approximately 15,000 single-family BTR constructions in the second quarter. Volume came in “measurably” down from 18,000 units in the same three months in 2025, according