Matt Sexton

Matt Sexton

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.

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How Warsh's 'more nimble' Fed could deliver what brokers have been waiting for

Why Warsh's plan to overhaul the central bank's operations could be just what the mortgage market needs, one attorney says

How Warsh's 'more nimble' Fed could deliver what brokers have been waiting for

Iran ceasefire offers little immediate relief for mortgage rates, veteran broker warns

Cohn says the housing market was close to the rate it needed in February. However, the inflation damage from the Iran conflict will take a long time to overcome

Iran ceasefire offers little immediate relief for mortgage rates, veteran broker warns

Fed issues the first rate decision of the Kevin Warsh era

The Federal Reserve, now led by Warsh, makes its call at the year’s fourth meeting

Fed issues the first rate decision of the Kevin Warsh era

As it happened: How the Fed reached its latest decision

Reaction from new Fed chair Kevin Warsh and from across the mortgage industry

As it happened: How the Fed reached its latest decision

The big interview: What Figure's acquisition of Kiavi means for mortgage brokers

Figure hopes the Kiavi acquisition makes it the institutional anchor for non-QM that the agencies are for conventional lending

The big interview: What Figure's acquisition of Kiavi means for mortgage brokers

Why self-employed borrowers turned away by banks are turning to non-QM brokers

One Florida broker explains how bank statement loans and DSCR are turning declined files into closed loans

Why self-employed borrowers turned away by banks are turning to non-QM brokers

Credit bureaus hike costs while expanding workforces overseas, BAC finds

Credit bureaus have blamed FICO for soaring report costs. BAC's McKay says VantageScore's rollout will put that claim to the test

Credit bureaus hike costs while expanding workforces overseas, BAC finds

Fed preview: Economist expects Fed rate hold, but says a hike is 'no longer unthinkable'

Kushi says a hold is the ‘path of least regret’ as Warsh defines how he will run the central bank

Fed preview: Economist expects Fed rate hold, but says a hike is 'no longer unthinkable'

How the bank retreat from construction lending opened a new pipeline for brokers

Banks have pulled back sharply from construction financing, which can open the door for commercial mortgage brokers

How the bank retreat from construction lending opened a new pipeline for brokers

Builder pessimism streak longest since foreclosure crisis: NAHB

New home supply isn't coming to the rescue anytime soon, builders say

Builder pessimism streak longest since foreclosure crisis: NAHB