Origination

Ocwen Financial Corp. lost $6.1 million in the third quarter, as pretax losses from its origination business outweighed any profits generated from the servicing side.

A joint venture between loanDepot and OfferPad will broker loans for consumers who need financing to bridge gaps between the sale of one property and the purchase of another.

Fannie Mae is allowing in some situations where mortgage payments are made by someone other than the borrower for the full monthly housing expense to be excluded from debt-to-income calculations.

San Diego had the third highest annual home price increase in the nation in August, a distinction not reached since 2014.

Call-report data on commercial and industrial loans does not fully capture small-business lending by smaller institutions, a recent FDIC survey suggests.

Orlando theme-park worker Daisy Hernandez was struggling to find an affordable rental even before Hurricane Irma squeezed Central Florida housing options and Hurricane Maria pushed Puerto Ricans to the mainland.

Millennials took advantage of lower interest rates in September to refinance their mortgages, according to Ellie Mae.

Mortgage rates rose to their highest level since July, leading to a 2.6% decrease in loan applications from one week earlier, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

Hurricanes Harvey and Irma were responsible for an increase in loan application defects during September in Texas and Florida, according to First American Financial Corp.

A large portion of the collateral for both IH 2014-SFR2 and IH 2014-SFR3 is being rolled into a new securitization, IH 2017-SFR2.