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Volume 25 Issue 57

Wednesday, March 25, 2026

Mortgage Applications Decrease in Latest MBA Weekly Survey

Mortgage applications decreased 10.5% from one week earlier, according to MBA’s Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ending March 20, 2026.

MISMO Advances Title and Closing Modernization With Publication of Two New ALTA Dataset Standards

MISMO, the real estate finance industry's standards organization, announced the publication of two new standards in Candidate Recommendation status: the ALTA Title Policy Dataset and the ALTA Settlement Statement Dataset.

Redfin: Americans Over 70 Holding More Real Estate Wealth

Redfin, Seattle, reported that Americans 70-plus years old held 26% of America’s real estate wealth as of Q3 2025.

Homeowner Equity Down in Q4, Cotality Reports

Cotality, Irvine, Calif., found that borrower equity nationwide declined 0.5% year-over-year in Q4 2025.

MBA VIDEOS

MBA Now: Previewing MBANAC26 with Plaza Home Mortgage’s Melanie Coulton, CMB, AMP

MBA Now: Previewing MBANAC26 with Plaza Home Mortgage’s Melanie Coulton, CMB, AMP

mPower Moments: The Importance of Resilience and Confidence with LaTasha Waddy

mPower Moments: The Importance of Resilience and Confidence with LaTasha Waddy

MBA Now: David Upbin on Mortgage Banking Bound's Launch at Louisiana State University

MBA Now: David Upbin on Mortgage Banking Bound's Launch at Louisiana State University

MBA Research Minute: What's Happening in the Housing Market

MBA Research Minute: What's Happening in the Housing Market

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TOP NATIONAL NEWS

MBA’s Broeksmit Applauds Basel III Reproposal, Outlines Advocacy Priorities
How Trump’s EO Could Redraw QM’s Safe Harbor Lines
Futures Markets Bet on an Interest Rate Increase
USDA Streamlines Rural Housing Loans, Grants Lenders More Authority
Wider Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities Spreads Signal Investor Fatigue

UPCOMING EVENTS AND NEWS

Basel III Endgame Re-Proposal Update: March 27
Essentials for Executives and Board Members Module III: The Secondary Mortgage Market, March 27
Data & System Privacy in an AI World, April 2
MBA National Advocacy Conference, April 14-15

FICO Score 10T: Historical Data, Adopter Program, and What’s Next (Sponsored)

With 40+ lenders already evaluating FICO® Score 10T and GSE historical data on the way, momentum is accelerating.

March 24, 2026

Video: MBA’s Bob Broeksmit Discusses Basel III Re-proposal, Housing Legislation and Trump Housing Executive Orders

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MBA President and CEO Bob Broeksmit, CMB, released a new video updating MBA members on the latest developments, including the Basel III re-proposal, the Senate-passed 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act and recent housing-focused Executive Orders.

March 25, 2026

Women’s History Month: Spotlighting Better.com’s Leah Price

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March is women’s history month and MBA NewsLink is hosting a series of interviews with women in the industry to learn about their experiences and challenges, and get their advice. Our fifth spotlight is on Leah Price, general manager of Tinman AI Platform at Better.com.

March 24, 2026

Commercial and Multifamily Mortgage Delinquencies Mixed in Fourth-Quarter 2025, MBA Reports

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Commercial mortgage delinquencies were mixed in the fourth quarter of 2025, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) latest Commercial Delinquency Report.

March 25, 2026

MBA NewsLink Q&A: Verity Global Solutions’ CEO Sam Mehta on AI Fatigue

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MBA NewsLink recently interviewed Verity Global Solutions CEO Sam Mehta about something that’s coming up more frequently in industry conversations: AI fatigue.

March 24, 2026

Industry Briefs, March 25, 2026

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Industry news from Argyle, Experian, nCino, The Mortgage Collaborative, Finance of America, Covius, ARIVE, Primary Residential Mortgage, Tavant, Timberline Bank, Floify, Insellerate, Lender Price and Asurity.

March 24, 2026

Jill Ranck Joins MBA as Director of Associate Membership

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The Mortgage Bankers Association announced that Jill Ranck has joined the association as director of associate membership.

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