Matt Sexton

Matt Sexton

Mortgage Professional America

Matt Sexton

Mortgage Journalist

25 years experience259,970 Total views on Mortgage Professional America in 2025

Matt's specialty topics

Federal Reserve policy Commercial mortgage lending Agency and non-QM mortgage Mortgage fraud Mortgage rate trends

Matt Sexton is a mortgage journalist at Mortgage Professional America with more than 25 years of experience covering business, finance, and the mortgage industry. Before moving into journalism full-time, he worked as a licensed mortgage loan originator at a community bank and Knock Lending, giving him firsthand knowledge of the challenges facing brokers, originators, and borrowers.

Most recently, Matt served as a staff writer at Fortune Recommends, covering personal finance and lending. Prior to that, he spent three years as a content producer at Fit Small Business, focusing on business banking and small business lending. That industry background shapes how he approaches his reporting, and it shows in coverage that connects with mortgage professionals at every level.

Matt holds a bachelor's degree in journalism from Northern Kentucky University.

How I think about writing for this industry…

“I write about the mortgage industry as both a journalist and as someone who spent more than three years as a loan originator. That time not only helped me learn about mortgages but also shined a light on the things I didn't know or wish I had known better. That's why the broker community is so special, because they're so willing to share that knowledge with me and with our readers.”

Also published by

Fortune.com · Fit Small Business

Featured content from Matt

'Bro culture' makes private lending an unsafe space for women, says industry veteran Mortgage industry has ‘reached the breaking point’ over soaring credit reporting costs Ex‑Rocket exec Fawaz launches company, shocks industry with UWM, Ishbia partnership

Previous experience

  • Fit Small Business — Banking Content Producer
  • Various Publications — Freelance Writer
  • Knock — Loan Advisor
  • First National Bank of Blanchester — Lending Officer

Education

  • B.A. in Journalism, Northern Kentucky University

Read the latest stories by Matt

How new tech aims to make wholesale lending feel like one system

As more brokers juggle multiple lenders, the goal is to erase the differences between them

How new tech aims to make wholesale lending feel like one system

Why shrinking home sizes could provide a silver lining for brokers, buyers

A new report points to an angle worth raising with buyers on the fence

Why shrinking home sizes could provide a silver lining for brokers, buyers

Why mortgage rates could fall as the Fed hikes

One broker says the usual assumption about rate hikes doesn't hold up

Why mortgage rates could fall as the Fed hikes

The hidden cost of scaling to $300M one broker learned the hard way

One broker's advice for growing a business without losing everything else

The hidden cost of scaling to $300M one broker learned the hard way

Fed announces rate hike in effort to curb soaring bond yields, mortgage rates

Central bank raises the Fed funds rate for the first time since 2023 as energy inflation remains a problem

Fed announces rate hike in effort to curb soaring bond yields, mortgage rates

RECAP: How the Fed reached its September decision

Central bank raised rates for the first time in three years

RECAP: How the Fed reached its September decision

The big interview: What brokers need to know before January's condo deadline

Deephaven's Davis says waiting too long could cost you a closing

The big interview: What brokers need to know before January's condo deadline

Broker warns rate locks may be needed before potential Fed hike

Shelton says this meeting has triggered more urgent conversations than any in the past two years

Broker warns rate locks may be needed before potential Fed hike

Executive shares secret to stronger referral partners: 'Think like a spy'

A method built for undercover agents is reshaping how he builds his book of business

Executive shares secret to stronger referral partners: 'Think like a spy'

Industry veteran warns that the 'low-rate cavalry' isn't showing up

He says the brokers and banks that lost last cycle are due for a comeback

Industry veteran warns that the 'low-rate cavalry' isn't showing up