http://www.nationalmortgagenews.com/feeds/ON.xml Daily headlines from Origination News en Copyright 2010, SourceMedia, Inc. and Origination News. All rights reserved. Fri, 19 Mar 2010 20:46:02 EDT andras.malatinszky@sourcemedia.com http://www.originationnews.com/images/on_logo.gif http://www.originationnews.com/ 278 60 http://www.originationnews.com/plus/ The average rate for a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage rose slightly in the most recent week while shorter-term rates were mixed, according to Freddie Mac's primary market survey. 2010-03-18 12:00:10 http://www.originationnews.com/plus/ Mortgage bankers originated $26.9 billion of Federal Housing Administration-backed single-family loans in January, a 10% decline from the previous month, according to a new government report. 2010-03-18 12:00:03 http://www.originationnews.com/plus/ A federal consumer protection bureau should be under the oversight of banking regulators and coordinate its activities with those regulators, according to Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Ala. 2010-03-18 12:00:02 http://www.originationnews.com/plus/ The first two months of the year have been weak in terms of loan applications and a new forecast from Fannie Mae suggests that 2010 will result in just $1.32 trillion in residential loans being funded this year. 2010-03-18 12:00:01 http://www.originationnews.com/plus/ The Department of Housing and Urban Development is getting deluged with many questions from mortgage bankers regarding the new good-faith estimate form, in particular the treatment of the real estate transfer tax, according to a top official at the agency. 2010-03-18 12:00:00 http://www.originationnews.com/plus/ Jacksonville, Fla.-based LOS MortgageFlex Systems Inc. has formed a strategic alliance with secondary market analytics firm Precision Risk Management Systems Inc. 2010-03-17 12:00:12 http://www.originationnews.com/plus/ Impac Mortgage Holdings, a nonbank lender that has been struggling to recover its financial footing, posted a small profit in 2009 while disclosing that it originated a "minimal" amount of product. 2010-03-17 12:00:07 http://www.originationnews.com/plus/ The pace of new home sales slowed in California in January, the California Building Industry Association found. 2010-03-17 12:00:06 http://www.originationnews.com/plus/ Sales of single-family homes priced at $250,000 and above recorded double-digit gains in February in the Houston area, according to the Houston Association of Realtors. 2010-03-17 12:00:05 http://www.originationnews.com/plus/ Mortgage applications fell 1.9% during the latest week tracked by the Mortgage Bankers Association's seasonally adjusted Market Composite Index from the previous week. 2010-03-17 12:00:04