Origination

The Senate Banking Committee is scheduled to proceed Tuesday with a highly anticipated vote on a bill to overhaul the housing finance market.

In the perfect mortgage application process, the borrower could press a button and send out all the data, saying “I want to apply to these specific lenders.”

A key point of contention is the 10 basis point user fee that the proposed Federal Mortgage Insurance Corp. would charge to support affordable housing efforts.

Originators need to stop being self-deprecating and start placing a high value on what clients and referral partners says about you.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau unveiled a new pilot program on Wednesday designed to allow consumers the ability to electronically review and file mortgage closing documents.

Easy money refinancings led originators to let their selling skills diminish and take on bad habits.

A coalition of more than two dozen conservative groups sent a letter to members of the Senate Banking Committee Wednesday, urging them to vote against a major bill to overhaul the housing finance market.

LRES has updated its DirectConnect platform designed to accelerate the valuation ordering process.

Flagstar Bancorp reported a significant first-quarter loss as its loan-loss provision more than quintupled.

MGIC Investment Corp., the No. 3 U.S. mortgage insurer, rallied after posting its largest profit since 2007, helping ease concerns that slowing home lending would weigh on results.