Mortgage Hot Topics by Curinos
March 2026 funded mortgage volume increased 35% YoY and increased 30% MoM.
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April 13, 2026
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Home Equity Speed Matters! — 5 Takeaways
From Home Equity Speed Matters: Turning Time Into Opportunity!, a Curinos webinar presented on March 26, 2026, featuring Curinos’ Ken Flaherty, Senior Manager, Retail Lending, and from ServiceLink, Jim Coffin, SVP, Origination Strategy, and Barry Coffin, Managing Director, Home Equity Title & Close.
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March 30, 2026
Curinos Review Spring 2026
The Spring issue of the Curinos Review is built around a simple belief: the next source of durable advantage in banking will not be a model, a channel or a product. It will be decision intelligence.
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March 23, 2026
Credit is the New Front Door
Prospective home lending borrowers are increasingly judging lenders on the quality of the application-to-funding experience and measuring it against what they’re getting from non banks and fintechs. To close the gap, traditional lenders need to take a hard look at siloed business lines, conflicting channel strategies and inconsistent borrower experiences. They may also want to take a page from the non-bank playbook: lead with lending to gain and solidify the relationship rather than treating it as merely cross-sell.
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March 23, 2026
Adjustable Rate Mortgages a Niche Product? Not Anymore
Adjustable rate mortgages (ARMs) are becoming increasingly attractive, and this time it’s not a replay of 2004–2007, when articulating the credit risk was far different than it is today.
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March 19, 2026
Good News for Home Equity: Strong Growth Expected in 2026
Home equity origination volume ended 2025 on a high trajectory, hitting double-digit growth after a couple of years of stagnant volume and high rates.
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January 27, 2026
Mortgage Lending: Is Today’s Emphasis on Credit Quality Overlooking Opportunity?
Credit quality for purchase mortgage transactions has strengthened steadily over the past three years across all major lending products.
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November 25, 2025
Home Equity’s Next Chapter: Resilient Growth and a Race Toward Efficiency
As 2025 enters its final stretch, the home equity market continues to lean towards the upside. Curinos’ Home Equity data, captured directly from lenders in near-real time, show originations up 18% year over year through Q3 2025, reflecting a powerful mix of consumer demand and lender adaptability.
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November 11, 2025
SBA Lending Halted as Government Shutdown Continues
Because of the ongoing federal government shutdown, the Small Business Administration (SBA) has largely ceased operations, severely disrupting several core lending programs.
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November 6, 2025