Origination

The end of the qualified mortgage patch should further accelerate non-QM origination growth, but is the mortgage industry ready?

September's increase in mortgage credit availability was driven by the expansion of jumbo products to record levels, which overcame a retrenchment in both conforming and government programs, the Mortgage Bankers Association said.

Newly adopted municipal real estate transfer taxes have the potential to be costly to lenders if not disclosed properly.

Ask someone looking to rent a reasonably priced apartment in Santa Fe, N.M., to describe their experience and they will likely sum it up this way: Frustrating.

Lower mortgage rates prompted Dallas-Fort Worth builders to ramp up home starts in the third quarter.

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said during a publicly broadcast Q&A with employees that his company is looking elsewhere for growth because of the Bay Area's housing and traffic issues.

The Federal Housing Administration chief has already been serving as the acting deputy secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development.

The industry had welcomed the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau plan allowing debt collectors to use electronic communication, but some worry about the effect of a court decision concerning email correspondence.

The firm’s financial woes are mostly a result of overspending, but they have raised questions about how banks’ commercial real estate portfolios might fare if the coworking sector implodes.

While home affordability reached a 32-month high in September, it could continue to increase in the fall months, according to Black Knight's Mortgage Monitor.