Seventeen companies showed off their latest tech aimed at streamlining the lending experience.

The share of residential property buyers that put themselves in the most optimistic category jumped notably in the latest edition of an RCN survey.

A half dozen experts shared advice for financial advisors and clients who are buying, selling or refinancing homes.

Lenders could gain efficiencies from advances in artificial intelligence as the related development of alternative data potentially opens up the market to more borrowers, but hurdles exist.

Commercial real estate borrowers, including vulnerable office tower landlords, are increasingly struggling to make payments and, as a result, more lenders are expected to report higher credit costs.

MSP users who are not Encompass customers are a particular target and vice versa, ICE Mortgage Technology chair Ben Jackson said.

To help those who may not get paid during a budget deadlock, credit unions are reviving past programs such as low-interest loans, payment deferrals and forms of relief.

These business purpose loans are vehicles for a specific type of potential fraud, the reverse occupancy scheme, where someone applying for a non-owner-occupant mortgage actually intends to live in the property.

CrossCountry Mortgage, American Pacific Mortgage and Fairway Independent Mortgage run their shops this way.

Georgia United Credit Union is collaborating with the income-verification fintech Argyle to combat submissions of false documents and other crimes.

Banks need to — and can — take steps to manage the phenomenon, first defined by a Japanese academic in the 1970s, where artificial intelligence looks, feels or sounds human and gives customers a creepy feeling, experts say.

The nation's largest bank, which acquired the remains of San Francisco-based First Republic following its failure this spring, has completed its plans to close 21 offices this year. But the consolidation effort is likely to continue.

Thomas Nides, a former U.S. ambassador to Israel and longtime Morgan Stanley executive, will take over the megabank's public affairs division as its work to fix regulatory concerns continues. He succeeds Bill Daley, the former chief of staff to President Barack Obama, who recently announced his retirement from Wells.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued guidance on the use of artificial intelligence in credit underwriting, saying that creditors are relying too heavily on a CFPB checklist and sample forms when they should provide specificity to explain why a consumer is denied credit.

Commercial real estate loans are a growing area of concern for banks. But OceanFirst says its exposure to a troubled shared credit tied to a Manhattan office building isn't a sign of broader problems in its portfolio.

Production costs, which typically run higher for such loans, can actually fall during a purchase market, a white paper published by the MBA found.

The FBI, NSA and CISA highlighted the emerging dangers of AI-powered deepfakes in phishing campaigns and cataloged protections companies can deploy.

High mortgage rates and little inventory explain why over 60% of homeowners did or will perform a repair project in the next year, a LendingTree survey found.

Following New York Community Bancorp's acquisition of Flagstar, the company is ditching the regional bank brands that it long used. CEO Thomas Cangemi calls Flagstar a "neutral" but "patriotic" name that underscores the firm's nationwide expansion strategy.

A joint letter from the banking and financial trade groups is the latest effort by the industry and its representatives in Washington to push back against the Basel III capital proposals, which would raise capital significantly for the largest banks.