Origination

Colonial Savings founder James S. DuBose died after a yearlong battle with cancer. He was 93.

Newfi Lending is now approved by Fannie Mae as a seller/subservicer and by the Federal Housing Administration as a "Full Eagle" Mortgagee.

The lower mortgage interest deduction cap in House Republicans' tax bill would create a disincentive for existing homeowners to sell and add to already tight housing inventory concerns, according to Black Knight.

Private mortgage insurers are better positioned to weather a flatter or even inverted yield curve than other financials from an investment perspective, a report from FBR Capital Markets said.

The homeless Navigation Center that Aaron Peskin proposed for a North Beach parking lot has led to a power struggle between the supervisor and his longtime political foe, Mayor Ed Lee, who wants to use the site for affordable housing.

Buffalo's housing market is rebounding, but the recovery so far is largely confined to a handful of neighborhoods in a slice of the city, according to a consultant hired by the Brown administration.

While the nationwide run-up in mortgage loan application defects appears to have slowed, instances of fraud remain on the rise in Texas and Florida.

A provision in the tax bill passed by the House of Representatives would only intensify the housing crunch by crippling affordable housing construction, developers and local government officials say.

Owensboro's continued place on a list of U.S. cities attracting millennial home buyers is once again attracting media attention.

Mortgage industry hiring and new job appointments for the week ending Dec. 1.