Origination

While rising national home values leave close to half of owners on solid financial footing, growth in seriously underwater loans points to pockets of stress.

The regulator renewed his fight with the policymaker after the latter left the rates he oversees unchanged and distinguished them from those for mortgages.

One mortgage firm is out of business months after a cybersecurity incident, which compromised the personal information of over 30,000 of its former clients.

Fears of identity theft are top of mind for many Americans, even as many admit they're open to lying themselves in order to get mortgage credit.

Still, Redwood Trust lost $100 million on a GAAP basis for the period, a result of its previous decision to pivot to a scalable operating model in mortgages.

The uninspiring mortgage numbers come a week after the Mortgage Bankers Association downgraded its yearly origination forecast over economic uncertainty.

Home prices rose at the slowest pace in nearly two years, signaling a deeper shift as concerns about the economy and mortgage rates dampen consumer demand

Mortgage tech firms are seeking to take advantage of the expected growth of HELOCs with new platform integrations and enhancements of existing tools.

Judge Sparkle Sooknanan granted the National Fair Housing Alliance a temporary restraining order which requires HUD to resume distribution of enforcement funds.

The Senate Banking Committee passed a housing package that includes funding for manufactured and other kinds of housing, but also includes an appraisal provision that mortgage bankers oppose.