Origination

D.C. is one of the only jurisdictions in the country to guarantee tenants the right to band together and purchase a building before the landlord can offer it to an outside buyer.

Many ask whether there is any such thing as a “safe” marketing services agreement for mortgages. The answer, unequivocally, is yes.

ReverseVision, which operates the largest technology platform in the reverse mortgage industry, suffered an outage with its RV Express system because of a hardware failure. It's the second technology disruption for the San Diego-based vendor.

Mortgage professional hiring and new job appointments for the week ending Jan. 30.

Two Republican legislators have suggested that affordable housing funding should be put on hold until Congress finally decides what to do about Fannie and Freddie. But why give Congress another six years to fiddle around with housing finance while the poor and homeless face a declining level of government housing assistance?

The Internal Revenue Service recently closed two audits of bonds issued in Colorado with no change to the bonds' tax-exempt statuses.

Residential real estate in the Philadelphia region saw falling prices and modestly rising sales in 2014's fourth quarter.

A program in Huntington Beach, Calif., is looking to help military members, safety officials, teachers and others buy homes.

Arbor Commercial Mortgage has launched a proprietary online loan processing technology platform.

By selecting a niche, originators do not need to have the best rates to attract new business.