Origination

Mobile has exploded on the consumer side and financial institutions are realizing that they have to make services available on these devices.

Four years after agreeing to an initial settlement, Bank of America has won court approval for its $8.5 billion settlement with investors over Countrywide's mortgage practices. Here's an update on all the other big mortgage litigation outstanding.

Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance has priced a secondary offering of 10 million shares of common stock at $17 per share.

Mortgage rates have dropped for the first time in four weeks, according to Freddie Mac's weekly survey.

Farmer Mac and Conterra Asset Management have launched a joint venture offering agriculture appraisal services nationwide.

Mortgage credit availability increased slightly in February, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association Thursday.

The government sweep of profits from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac was defended by the top Treasury Department housing official, who called again for Congress to replace the U.S.-owned mortgage-finance giants.

JPMorgan's follow-up RMBS to its first securitization of 2015 involves a much smaller pool of mortgages.

There are better ways of picking an originator to work with than just looking at a price comparison tool.

Weaker appreciation in the low end of the housing market, combined with higher costs to originate mortgages tied to new regulatory compliance obligations, make smaller loans less attractive for lenders.