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Volume 25 Issue 37

Wednesday, February 25, 2026

Mortgage Applications Increase in Latest MBA Weekly Survey

Mortgage applications increased 0.4% from one week earlier, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association’s Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ending Feb. 20, 2026.

Annual Home Price Growth Ends 2025 at 1.3%–Weakest Since 2011

The 2025 housing market ended with the weakest annual appreciation since the market bottomed out in 2011 following the Great Recession, according to the S&P Cotality Case Shiller Index.

Net Lease Investment Volume Rises Sharply in 4Q, CBRE Reports

U.S. net lease investment accelerated in late 2025, supported by steady cap rates and a widening yield spread that improved risk adjusted returns, according to the latest research from CBRE, Dallas.

Dealmaker: Walker & Dunlop Arranges $46.5M for San Antonio Refinance

Walker & Dunlop, Bethesda, Md., arranged $46.5 million to refinance a recently completed multifamily complex in San Antonio.

MBA VIDEOS

mPower Moments: Leading Through Digital Disruption with Dr. Tracey Wilen

mPower Moments: Leading Through Digital Disruption with Dr. Tracey Wilen

MBA Now: ICE Mortgage Technology’s Matt Dowd on Current Mortgage Servicing Trends (Sponsored)

MBA Now: ICE Mortgage Technology’s Matt Dowd on Current Mortgage Servicing Trends (Sponsored)

MBA Eye on Washington

MBA Eye on Washington

MBA Research Minute

MBA Research Minute

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TOP NATIONAL NEWS

MBA’s Marina Walsh on the Housing Market Outlook
Servicers Offer Support as Nonagency Gets More Competitive
Senate Democrats Unveil Proposal to Discourage Private Equity Ownership of Homes
Fed’s Goolsbee: Prioritize Inflation Before Further Cuts
Home Flippers Bullish Despite Tougher Pricing Climate
AI Infrastructure is Powering Office Markets

UPCOMING EVENTS AND NEWS

Town Hall with MBA Leadership, Feb. 26
Upcoming MBA Education School of Mortgage Banking Courses
MBA Education Core Courses
MBA Secondary & Capital Markets Conference, May 17-20

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 25, 2026

Southern Bancorp’s Jeremy Davis: First-Time Homebuyers Are Not a Niche

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First-time homebuyers are still too often discussed as a segment, a pilot or a program inside a broader mortgage strategy. That framing no longer matches reality.

February 25, 2026

Premier Member Editorial: The Economics of Loan QC Are Changing With AI

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Sei AI Co-Founder & CEO Pranay Shetty writes that quality control in mortgage lending has reached an inflection point.

February 24, 2026

MBA Economists Break Down What Servicers Should Know

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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.

February 24, 2026

January Sees New Listings Surge, Sales Dip

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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.

February 24, 2026

MISMO Link: A New MISMO Member Benefit

MISMO Members are using MISMO Link, Powered by Viant Eye, a brand-new web-based platform that modernizes how MISMO standards are explored, developed, validated, and implemented across the mortgage industry.

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."

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