
Kristin Broughton
Kristin Broughton is a reporter for American Banker, where she writes about the business of national and regional banking.

Kristin Broughton is a reporter for American Banker, where she writes about the business of national and regional banking.
AllRegs has begun publishing FHA single-family policies on its publishing platform.
The risk of property valuation fraud may be on the rise, according to a report released Tuesday by Interthinx.
Essex Property Trust said on Monday that its computer networks have been hacked.
Home prices continued their steady climb upward in July, according to data released Monday from Black Knight.
Hudson City Bancorp in Paramus, N.J., has sold $112.1 million in delinquent, FHA-backed mortgages.
The number of homes nationwide with negative equity dropped significantly in the second quarter, according to the financial information firm CoreLogic.
Retail mortgage lender Guaranteed Rate has launched an encrypted, cloud-based platform that borrowers can use to transmit documents to loan officers.
The housing market was slightly less stable in July compared to the previous month, according to data released Wednesday by Freddie Mac.
The Mortgage Industry Standards Maintenance Organization has awarded eLynx, a mortgage technology provider in Cincinnati, with a high-level industry designation.
There were fewer institutions originating mortgages in 2013, while low- and moderate-income borrowers took a smaller share of industry volume, according to the recently released Home Mortgage Disclosure Act data.
The closing rate for mortgage originations climbed to a three-year high in August, according to data released by Ellie Mae.
Caliber Home Loans in Irving, Texas, has agreed to buy Cobalt Mortgage in Kirkland, Wash.
Altisource, a mortgage technology company in Luxembourg, has completed its acquisition of Mortgage Builder, a loan origination software firm in Southfield, Mich.
New York regulator Benjamin Lawsky has begun investigating possible predatory lending practices at companies that originate short-term, high-interest loans secured by a borrower's home.
MainStreet, a mortgage investment company in New York, has launched a crowdfunding site for lending and investing in commercial real estate.
Ron Hermance, chairman and chief executive of Hudson City Bancorp in Paramus, N.J., has died.
The delinquency rate for commercial mortgage-backed securities remained stable last month, according to data from Fitch Ratings.
Altisource has launched a new cooperative platform for the wholesale mortgage industry.
Mortgage rates increased slightly during the week ending Sept. 11, according to data released Thursday by Freddie Mac.
Mortgage technology provider Altisource has added a new compliance feature to Equator, its mortgage-servicing software.