Loan Think

Mortgage loan origination software salespeople for decades have swaggered, but they called it walking.

We're hearing there is a growing consensus that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac should be wound down and replaced with a new system that relies more on private capital than government guarantees.

A lender must be able to document why and how a loan officer’s ultimate total compensation was calculated.

Teresa and Giuseppe “Joe” Giudice are accused of conspiring to defraud lenders and of hiding assets during a bankruptcy proceeding.

We're hearing from the NAR who recently wrote to the assistant secretary of housing about the FHA certification and recertification process for condos.

We're hearing a lot of feedback from readers of last week’s column.

Banks that are worried about competitors may want to consider the client walking through their doors not as a borrower—but as a potential competitor.

A former reverse mortgage loan officer introduced his concept involving referral groups at the Florida Association of Mortgage Professionals show.

It sounds like people are optimistic about Freddie Mac’s recent risk-sharing transaction even though they have some questions about them.

Barry Habib, chief market strategist for Residential Finance, said the latest CoreLogic HPI report is very encouraging because it does account for some of the recent rise in rates.