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Volume 25 Issue 32

Wednesday, February 18, 2026

Owen Lee: Servicing Helps Keep American Dream Alive

GRAPEVINE, Texas--“Thanks to your hard work, millions of people are safe in their dream of homeownership,” said Owen Lee, 2026 MBA chair-elect and CEO of Success Mortgage Partners at the MBA Servicing Solutions Conference and Expo.

Clever Offers: 85% of Homeowners Faced Unexpected Repair Costs Last Year

About 85% of homeowners spent money on an unplanned home repair last year, according to a new report from Clever Offers, St. Louis.

Mortgage Applications Increase in Latest MBA Weekly Survey

Mortgage applications increased 2.8% from one week earlier, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association’s Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ending Feb. 13, 2026.

MBA VIDEOS

Jamie Woodwell on MBA’s Refreshed Commercial, Multifamily Online Resources

Jamie Woodwell on MBA’s Refreshed Commercial, Multifamily Online Resources

MBA's Bob Broeksmit on the Importance of Investing in MISMO

MBA's Bob Broeksmit on the Importance of Investing in MISMO

MBA Eye on Washington

MBA Eye on Washington

MBA Research Minute

MBA Research Minute

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TOP NATIONAL NEWS

The Fed Wants to Ease Regulations That Caused Many Banks to Stop Making Home Loans
MSRs in Focus as Fed Rethinks Basel III Rules
Cost of Credit Reports Keeps Rising for Potential Homebuyers
Fed to Propose Capital Changes for Banks, Mortgages
Retirement, Medical, Homeownership? A new Workplace Benefit for Buyers

UPCOMING EVENTS AND NEWS

MISMO Link: A New MISMO Member Benefit
Town Hall with MBA Leadership, Feb. 26
School of Mortgage Servicing Starts March 9
Join MBA’s Committees and Councils

MCT: January Lock Volume Rebounds

Mortgage Capital Trading, San Diego, released its latest lock volume indices, showing that the numbers rebounded slightly in January after a depressed December.

February 18, 2026

Premier Member Editorial: The Next Mortgage Cycle Belongs to Intelligent Automation, Not AI Hype

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nCino Mortgage's Casey Logan Williams writes that technology such as intelligent automation (IA) genuinely streamlines workflows and cuts through the friction that slows lenders down.

February 17, 2026

Are Data Centers a Bubble? What About AI?

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SAN DIEGO--Those were questions that multiple panelists attempted to parse Feb. 10 at the Mortgage Bankers Association Commercial/Multifamily Finance Convention and Expo.

February 18, 2026

The Art of Asking

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Mary Kay Scully, director of customer education at Enact, examines how lenders turn a great experience into more business.

February 17, 2026

MBA Statement on Fed Vice Chair Michelle Bowman’s Speech on Proposals to Revitalize Mortgage Lending

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MBA President and CEO Bob Broeksmit, CMB, released a statement on Federal Reserve Vice Chair for Supervision Michelle Bowman's speech titled, “Revitalizing Bank Mortgage Lending, One Step with Basel,” in Orlando, Fla.

February 17, 2026

Industry Briefs, February 18, 2026

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Industry news from ICE, WFG, Outamation, Mortgage Bankers Association, The Mortgage Collaborative, Planet Insurance Agency and Goosehead Insurance.

February 17, 2026

Reinventing the Mortgage Data Core: Why Agentic AI Will Stall Without a Data Foundry

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Longtime MBA NewsLink contributor Mark Dangelo argues that the next era of mortgage competitiveness will be determined by whether institutions reinvent their data core through a data foundry model.

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