NMI Holdings, Inc. NMIH

A number of stocks fell in the afternoon session after investors weighed higher mortgage rates, softer housing demand, and lingering policy risk around private mortgage insurance. The slide looked sector-wide rather than name-specific: mortgage insurers (NMIH, MTG, ESNT, RDN, ACT) and title/real-estate services names (STC, FNF, FAF) fell together, a pattern typically tied to shared exposures—origination volumes, home-purchase activity, and credit performance—rather than isolated company news. Fr

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