Veterans First Mortgage is a U.S.-based direct lender specializing in home loans for active service members, veterans and their spouses. It focuses on government-backed mortgage programs and has staff ...

Overall Lending Activity Slips Sightly In total, 1,773,487 mortgage loans were originated in Q3 2025, down 1.6 percent from 1,802,065 in Q2 2025 but up 1.9 percent year over year. The $600.4 billion ...

Foreclosures increased by 23% in the third quarter, driven by delinquencies in Federal Housing Administration loans, highlighting a disparity between high- and low-income earners in the housing market ...

The average first-time homebuyer is now 40 — a record high. Here’s why it’s happening and how you can take steps to buy your ...

Senate committee advances Frank Cassidy and Joseph Gormley as FHA and Ginnie Mae leaders, with industry groups urging prompt ...

Consecutive weeks of mortgage rate increases resulted in a 5.2% decrease in mortgage loan application volume, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

As I type these words, I am sitting in front of one of Chuck Berry’s early residences in St. Louis. STL has a good musical reputation, a fine mortgage association, a Fed that puts out great research, ...

A tiny home can provide big benefits with a microscopic footprint. Although a tiny home is usually more affordable than more traditionally sized homes, you still need to find a way to pay for it.

HUD’s RFI on reverse mortgage programs highlights an industry focus on mortgage insurance costs and liquidity constraints.

The rate on a 30-year fixed refinance rose to 6.43% today, according to the Mortgage Research Center. The 15-year, fixed-rate ...

The Federal Reserve signaled this week that aspiring home buyers expecting more interest-rate relief may have to keep waiting ...

Finding the right mortgage lender can be tricky, but doing so can also pay off, both literally and figuratively, especially ...