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Mat Ishbia

Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President, UWM Holdings Corporation

Search every verified Mat Ishbia interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. Mat Ishbia, president and CEO of UWM Holdings, released his October and September 2026 editions of the "#3Points" video series, discussing recent industry changes and trends. In October, he praised FHFA Director Bill Pulte for implementing VantageScore 4.0 across Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, stating the change benefits consumers by providing an alternative scoring model that can yield higher scores and lower costs. He also commented on FHFA's push to ease mortgage insurance removal, noting it may help some borrowers reduce payments without refinancing, though he did not expect it to be a massive shift. Additionally, he highlighted $34.9 trillion in untapped home equity, suggesting it presents opportunities for cash-out refinances, HELOCs, and mortgage insurance removal, particularly for consumers carrying high-interest credit card debt. In September, Ishbia discussed potential tweaks to the CFPB's TRID rule, predicting minor modifications rather than sweeping changes, and credited the existing rules as generally effective. He also addressed FHFA's review of loan-level price adjustments (LLPAs), saying that while some adjustments could lower borrower costs, major reductions were unlikely and any changes would probably come later in the year. He further noted headwinds in condo financing due to recent GSE rule changes, including stricter insurance and reserve requirements, and suggested that alternative products and continued education could help address the challenges until rules are revised.

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“It's fixable. And at Adam Silver to credit him, he knows it's a problem. He's going to fix it. I believe he'll fix it, but you can't have teams like when you say they're tanking, it's one thing if you trade players and you're not a good team. And I'm not sure I mean Oklahoma City, if you correct me if I'm wrong, I think they have only one player with a drafted over number nine, Chet Holmgren, on their team. Everyone ”

“It's an embarrassment. It's horrible. Like my perspective is tanking is loser mentality. Like I've never been around anyone. You show me someone that wants to lose or thinks about losing, like I'll show you a loser. That's losers. That's not my stuff. And so I don't like losing. I don't want to ever talk about losing. We try to win and best the draft works if you don't win, you don't have a good team, you get a good ”

“Not worried about the tax. Like I said, I've always said like I'm willing to spend. However, with the comment of it's it's it's almost mismanagement to be two or 300,000 over the tax. Either you're over the tax and you're paying or you're under the tax and you're getting a check. So, you're not going to be two to 300,000. So, we either be under or we'll trade and make a move that puts us over and we'll be, you know, ”

“Well, there's two things. One, as I already mentioned, interest rates are an issue, right? So, interest rates are high and you know what, not only for new buyers because that will make it more if instead of six and a half% you get five and a half%. It makes a big impact where you instead you can now afford a $400,000 house instead of $300,000. There's a big difference with interest rates. But also, you know, there's ”

“So, it's really important. So, lenders but also the government and everyone that's involved from Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, Ginnie Mae, which is FHA and VA have to be thinking about how do we help more buyers that are qualified get in homes, right? So, there's not enough inventory in the market. We understand that. So, if you were looking to buy a house, well, the house you might buy, people aren't buying the next one.”

“I want to talk about this market, right, understand where we're at. We know what's going on. I'm going to say some things you're going to say well that doesn't sound right, but it is right because I know this and I feel really good about where we're at right now as an industry. So I'm going to put a slide up here, I want you to remember this slide in two years and in five years and in eight years. You'll remember thi”

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