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

Fraud risks increase as rates remain elevated, Cotality data shows

Cotality data shows purchases jumped to 72% of Q2 volume, and where purchases go, fraud risk follows

Fraud risks increase as rates remain elevated, Cotality data shows

The big interview: How chasing documents is keeping brokers from what they do best

Lendesk's Zimmerman says the right technology gives brokers their time back so they can focus on clients

The big interview: How chasing documents is keeping brokers from what they do best

UWM sues Two Harbors for $500m, alleges 'willful breaches and fraud'

Two Harbors, who backed out of an agreement with UWM to merge with CrossCountry Mortgage, calls lawsuit ‘frivolous’

UWM sues Two Harbors for $500m, alleges 'willful breaches and fraud'

Stagflation looms as Fed missteps, rising debt, and broken jobs data pile up, lender warns

Weinberg says the eerie calm in his own portfolio, record volume and defaults holding, may be the last quiet before a very long storm

Stagflation looms as Fed missteps, rising debt, and broken jobs data pile up, lender warns

Your buyers are being watched at showings and it's costing deals

LendingTree found 1 in 5 buyers walked out over cameras, and it's costing brokers deals in a tough market

Your buyers are being watched at showings and it's costing deals

What the pied-à-terre tax means for brokers advising NYC buyers

A real estate attorney says the pied-à-terre tax has structural complications for co-ops and condos that brokers need to understand

What the pied-à-terre tax means for brokers advising NYC buyers

NAMB president says condo rule changes are a broker opportunity in disguise

White says the HOAs and realtors who don't understand the new rules need an expert, and brokers who step up will own the referral

NAMB president says condo rule changes are a broker opportunity in disguise

A veteran broker on what separates the originators who survive a down cycle

Nurani predicts a 10% originator decline and shares his advice for beating it

A veteran broker on what separates the originators who survive a down cycle

Why South Florida's condo market has a two-tier financing problem

A Miami-based private lender explains why creditworthy condo buyers keep ending up in non-QM and private lending

Why South Florida's condo market has a two-tier financing problem

Rising servicer satisfaction puts broker recapture at risk, analyst says

Borrowers are more loyal to their servicers than ever, but Gehrke says the broker relationship is still the strongest card in the deck

Rising servicer satisfaction puts broker recapture at risk, analyst says