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Friday Harbor Takes Aim At DSCR’s Underwriting Bottleneck

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Smaller Down Payments Give Buyers More Room, But Rates Limit The Savings

The typical down payment fell 9% from a year ago, while shifting market conditions are giving originators different affordability conversations across the country

Analysis and Data
Sep 25, 2026
Mortgage Rates Break 7% Just As Builders Find A Way To Move Buyers

New-home sales rose 6.4% in August as builders cut prices, offered incentives, and sold more lower-priced homes. Now mortgage rates are moving against buyers again

Analysis and Data
Sep 25, 2026
Assurance Joins Growing Push For Medical Professional Borrowers

MedPro Mortgage+ offers eligible healthcare professionals up to 100% financing without PMI as lenders expand specialty options beyond physicians

Sales and Marketing
Sep 25, 2026
Friday Harbor Takes Aim At DSCR’s Underwriting Bottleneck

With investor loans accounting for more than a third of Non-QM production, the company is bringing leases, rent schedules, and entity documentation into its pre-underwriting platform

Non-QM
Sep 25, 2026
The Housing Bill Targets Investors. The Bigger Problem Is Supply.

The institutional-investor cap may grab headlines, but permitting, construction costs, and local building activity will have a much bigger say in how much inventory originators have to finance

Opinion
Sep 24, 2026
Defending Mortgage Buyback Demands

How lenders and brokers can test the default, challenge the findings, and preserve a workable resolution in DPA, P&L, and DSCR disputes

Opinion
Sep 24, 2026
UWM Puts Broker Pipeline Behind An AI Voice Command

ChatUWM replaces the lender’s InTouch mobile app, letting brokers ask about expiring locks, loan updates, guidelines, and other pipeline information by voice

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