Origination

The mortgage loan origination system developer Ellie Mae is going private, agreeing to be acquired by the private equity firm Thoma Bravo in an all-cash transaction valued at $3.7 billion.

Economic growth in the Rockford, Ill., region helped the housing market reach sales milestones in 2018 not seen in more than a decade.

Homebuilders in the Twin Cities are off to a running start this year, but topping 2018 won't be easy.

Depository mortgage lenders are optimistic the final version of a regulation designed to open up the flood insurance market will make it easier for them to comply with a rule requiring them to accept private carrier policies.

Stable equity and debt availability should keep multifamily and commercial real estate originations in line with 2017's peak, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

If the government insists on forcing another shutdown, business owners are intent on letting Congress know how much the last one hurt.

Late payments on loans backing commercial mortgage bonds continued falling at the start of the year, due to strong new issuance volume and continued resolutions for precrisis loans by special servicers, according to Fitch Ratings.

Ellie Mae's latest update to the Encompass loan origination system includes templates to help mortgage lenders with Americans with Disabilities Act compliance.

The market for new homes in Houston is expected to be flat for the next couple of years amid a tight supply of lots, a local housing analyst said.

The rising cost of housing in the Bay Area has dramatically resegregated neighborhoods by race and pushed minority families to the outer edges of the region, a new paper shows.