
Government Shutdown Begins; MBA Creates Member Guide with Implications for the Mortgage Industry
The federal government shut down Tuesday night at 11:59 p.m. ET. MBA has created a member guide outlining potential impacts to single-family and multifamily government lending programs and will update the guide as soon as more information becomes available.
Mortgage Applications Decrease in Latest MBA Weekly Survey
Mortgage applications decreased 12.7% from one week earlier, according to the MBA Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ending September 26, 2025.

Federal Law Enforcement on What the Industry Needs to Know About Fraud Trends
WASHINGTON--“The bad guys are always finding new ways to reinvent themselves,” said Stavros Nikolakakos, the deputy special agent in charge of the Washington field office, United States Secret Service.