Amilda Dymi

Community bankers are trying to make sure they have a place at the table as legislators decide lender access to the secondary market where they play a bigger role than most believe to be the case.

Efforts to adjust to new market demands and comply with a heavily regulated mortgage lending marketplace involve anything from massive layoffs to speeding up loan processing automation.

Chase is transferring three bank-owned properties a day to housing and community revitalization groups.

The Mortgage Bankers Association thinks mortgage volumes will drop by a third next year. Industry execs we asked agreed originations will fall. Just how much? No agreement there.

Sixty-seven nonprofits will benefit from the megabank’s 2013 “Leading the Way Home” program designed to help accelerate recovery efforts in distressed areas.

True to his efforts to bring the culprits to pay for perpetuated damages New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman is awarding mortgage settlement money from the top banks to blighted communities.

Home price adjustments of recent months have not been significant enough to benefit all the homeowners who continue to be underwater.

Michigan’s new public, private civic partnership is implementing a revitalization philosophy likely to transform metro Detroit and some of the nation’s hard-hit areas with high inventories of abandoned homes.

Big banks are notorious for “hire and fire” tactics whenever there’s a hiccup in mortgage originations. Middle-market lenders can take advantage of this by pouncing on highly qualified staff they could not afford when the large banks were hiring.

Contrary to popular belief there still are plenty of profitable single-family property investment opportunities in many U.S. markets.

Demand for units adjusted down for the first time in several years, according to a multifamily housing survey.

The new organization aims to help mortgage lenders improve their business practices through collective strength.

Strong originations are expected to drive up earnings for commercial RE developers.

FORMFREE specializes in technology that enables lenders to determine whether borrowers can pay back loans in compliance with regulations effective in January 2014.

U.S. Census data show this segment of the population is the fastest growing in the United States and is projected to account for most of U.S. population growth through 2060.

Home Loan Servicing Solutions attributes a nearly 50% increase in the unpaid principal balance of its mortgage loan portfolio to completing the acquisition of Ocwen assets on July 1.

Industry concerns about the proposed QM definition are now being bolstered by empirical evidence that confirms what many in the industry have suspected all along.

The economic recovery faces a challenge in January when new mortgage rules threaten to derail credit to prospective borrowers with blemished credit, industry insiders warn.

Another bank is right-sizing its residential mortgage lending unit as volumes drop.

The New York Attorney General has selected mortgage securities expert Chad Johnson to serve as chief of the AG’s Investor Protection Bureau.