Origination

Loan officers still rule the roost at most mortgage origination shops, but processors may finally be starting to get their due.

Constraints on GSE loan volume and an overall dearth of liquidity were among the biggest issues at hand during the Mortgage Bankers Association's Secondary Market Conference in New York. Here's a recap of the event.

As the Hispanic population in the United States soars, the number of Hispanic households unable to afford to buy a home is also growing, a new report from The Demand Institute found.

There could be a new wave of delinquencies among home equity line of credit borrowers as a large percentage are moving into the repayment phase, a report from Experian said.

Mortgage professional hiring and new job appointments for the week ending May 29.

Provident Funding Associates, a private mortgage lender, has agreed to pay $9 million to settle allegations its brokers charged minorities higher fees and interest rates, federal regulators said Thursday.

There's a workaround for lenders to issue pre-approvals without triggering the three-day window for delivering the new Loan Estimate disclosure.

More Americans than forecast signed contracts to purchase previously owned homes in April, indicating a pickup in the housing market during the busy spring selling period.

Mortgage rates climbed, lifting borrowing costs for homebuyers to the highest for 2015.

Ocwen Financial will close a call center in Houston as the mortgage servicer continues to downsize.