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Volume 24 Issue 203

Thursday, October 16, 2025

MBA: September New Home Purchase Mortgage Applications Increased 2%

MBA's Builder Application Survey for September 2025 shows mortgage applications for new home purchases increased 2% compared from a year ago. Compared to August 2025, applications decreased by 5%.

Industry Briefs, Oct. 16, 2025

Industry news from Cloudvirga, ICE, PHH Mortgage, MBA, Choice Mortgage Group, NotaryCam, OptifiNow, BombBomb and Renovo Financial.

Dealmaker: Merchants Capital Secures $35M for Historic Adaptive Reuse Development

Merchants Capital, Carmel, Ind., secured $35.1 million in tax credit equity financing for the historic adaptive reuse of an affordable multifamily housing development in Columbus, Ohio.

MBA VIDEOS

Experience mPowering You!

Experience mPowering You!

mPower Moments: Marcia Davies sits down with MBA’s Laura Hopkins, AMP

mPower Moments: Marcia Davies sits down with MBA’s Laura Hopkins, AMP

MBA Washington Update

MBA Washington Update

MBANow: Dawn Williams Previews MBA Annual

MBANow: Dawn Williams Previews MBA Annual

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TOP NATIONAL NEWS

Zillow: It’d Take an ‘Unrealistic’ Mortgage Rate Drop to Restore Housing Market Affordability
Mortgage Lending Ticks Up at BofA in 3Q, Slows Elsewhere
HUD Layoffs Hit 442 Employees Amid Government Shutdown
Gen Z Is Saving Tens of Thousands for Homes. Will They Ever Get the Keys?
Texas Dominates List of America’s Fastest-Growing Cities

MBA NEWS

Introduction to Mortgage Banking On Demand Starts Nov. 3
Deep Dive Into Mortgage Delinquencies: Early Warning Signs, Nov. 13
MBA Career Center

Modern Technology Powers Better Lending (Sponsored by Optimal Blue)

Homebuying should feel empowering. With AI and modern, proven tools, lenders are creating faster, clearer, and more personalized borrower journeys.

October 16, 2025

Multiple Lines of Defense: Combating Fraud in the Digital Closing Era

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NotaryCam’s Suzanne Singer writes that as fraudsters innovate, the mortgage industry must respond in kind.

October 17, 2025

2025 Mortgage Compliance Landscape Check-In: Where are We Now?

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Jonas Hoerler and Diane Jenkins from Asurity provide an overview of some of the most significant events that have shaped mortgage lending and servicing so far this year.

October 16, 2025

Voting for 2026 MBA Officers, New & Returning Directors Underway

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The voting period for election of the Mortgage Bankers Association’s FY 2026 officers and new and returning directors is underway.

October 15, 2025

Mortgage Applications Decrease in Latest MBA Weekly Survey

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Mortgage applications decreased 1.8% from one week earlier, according to the MBA Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ending Oct. 10, 2025.

October 15, 2025

Navigating New GSE Internal Control Requirements: What Financial Institutions Need to Know

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Ncontracts' Robert Brosh examines Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac's updates to their internal control frameworks.

October 15, 2025

MBA NewsLink Multifamily Roundtable: Rents, Ratings and Refinancings

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MBA NewsLink recently interviewed three executives about shifting dynamics in multifamily finance, investment and credit ratings.

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