Sarah Gerecke and Janneke Ratcliffe from The Urban Institute write that new data standards and datasets from the Mortgage Industry Standards Maintenance Organization (MISMO) can enable counseling providers and lenders to serve more households more effectively.

MBA President and CEO Bob Broeksmit, CMB, released a video highlighting the pro-housing wins secured in the Republican-led tax and reconciliation that was signed into law by President Donald Trump.

ICE Mortgage Technology, Atlanta, released its July 2025 Mortgage Monitor report, finding that there are early signs of financial stress emerging among subsets of homeowners.

MBA NewsLink recently spoke to Ben Fertig, president of Fay Servicing LLC subsidiary Constructive Capital, about business purpose lending.

Mary Kay Scully, Director of Customer Education at Enact, looks at why first-time homebuyers have been opting to wait.

Fannie Mae released its National Housing Survey for June, including the Home Purchase Sentiment Index. The index dropped 3.7 points from May to 69.8.