MBA Economists Break Down What Servicers Should Know

GRAPEVINE, Texas--MBA's Joel Kan and Marina Walsh, CMB, took to the main stage at MBA’s Servicing Solutions Conference and Expo to address their economic outlook and how that impacts mortgage servicing.

January Sees New Listings Surge, Sales Dip

January experienced the U.S. housing market’s typical annual reset, delivering the lowest sales of the last 12 months alongside the largest month-to-month increase in new listings, according to REMAX, Denver.

RentCafe Predicts Top Cities for 2026 Rental Season

RentCafe, Santa Barbara, Calif., released a new report analyzing which cities are seeing the most renter interest, particularly ahead of the busy summer rental season. Topping the list is Cincinnati.

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Today’s Homebuyers Aren’t Optimistic—They’re Adapting (sponsored by Truework)

Truework Founder Ethan Winchell explains why Millennials and Gen Z find homeownership riskier, more stressful, and more expensive than expected.

February 23, 2026

Harvard JCHS: Remodeling Growth Set to Downshift

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Annual spending on improvements and maintenance to owner-occupied homes is expected to gradually slow through 2026, according to the Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.

February 23, 2026

Servicing Industry Executives Talk M&As, Tech, Insurance

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GRAPEVINE, Texas--Consolidation and acquisition have been big themes for the servicing industry--but will they continue? A panel at the MBA Servicing Solutions Conference and Expo attempted to tackle that question, and more, in a wide-ranging discussion Feb. 17.

February 23, 2026

ACES Quality Management: Overall Critical Defect Rate Increases

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ACES Quality Management, Denver, reported the overall critical defect rate increased from 1.51% in Q2 2025 to 1.79% in Q3 2025, an 18.5% increase.

February 24, 2026

Premier Member Editorial: Agentic AI–The Regulatory and Compliance Barriers to Adoption

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Secure Insight's Andrew Liput says the expansion of agentic AI to take mortgage loan transactions to an end-to-end automated platform remains a "long and winding road."

February 23, 2026

Premier Member Editorial: AI Agents in Action–The New Operating Layer for Modern Enterprises

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Tavant’s Kieran Mital says organizations need more than just automation to bridge the gap between AI’s capabilities and the constraints of enterprise systems. “They need a new approach, a new operating model.”

February 23, 2026

Chart of the Week: Annual Change in PCE Inflation

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Perhaps the most significant result of last week's GDP report was that PCE inflation increased 2.8% compared to a year ago, a reacceleration from the third quarter.

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