Origination

Cash sales are falling overall, but still represent the majority of sales involving homes in the lowest tier of property values, according to Black Knight Financial Services.

There's not enough origination volume to sustain seven private mortgage insurers and the number of underwriters may need to shrink, warns MGIC CEO Patrick Sinks.

Increased loan production during the spring home buying season has nonbank mortgage lenders stepping up their hiring.

Mortgage professional hiring and new job appointments for the week ending June 3.

Flagstar Bancorp is interested in buying a small-to-midsized independent nonbank mortgage banker as part of a strategy to boost its retail origination volume.

The 12-member committee is expected to advise HUD on how to improve housing counseling and make it more accessible.

Mortgage rates were up slightly from last week in continued anticipation of a possible move by the Federal Reserve, but still near three-year lows, according to Freddie Mac.

Falling interest rates and a shortage of housing inventory are heating up the market for home flippers. Here's a look at the housing markets where the home flip share of property sales set new records during the first quarter.

Mortgage credit availability tightened for the third consecutive month in May, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

When the administration changes at the end of the year, the development of a single mortgage-backed security could suffer a setback, Mortgage Bankers Association CEO Dave Stevens said Wednesday.