Origination

Last week, I was particularly gratified by the number of people who not only read my commentary regarding why the closing table is so critical to driving conversion, but actually provided specific examples of how it's impacted their business.

Real estate executives are looking for ways to motivate reluctant buyers who don't want to give up their current low mortgage rates.

There are things mortgage originators can learn from the pop singer regarding how to market your company and yourself.

Mortgage rates fell, sending costs for 30-year loans to the lowest since early February as the Federal Reserve confirmed its commitment to provide support for the economic recovery.

B of A caught observers off guard by announcing $6 billion in mortgage litigation expenses, but the move is an attempt to convince analysts and investors that there is an end in sight to its crisis-era legal woes. It just might work.

As drafted, the Johnson-Crapo bill would allow big banks to originate, aggregate, and guarantee mortgages. Small lenders worry such vertically integrated companies could price them out of the business.

If it wasn't a malicious attack, what else could have overwhelmed the mortgage loan origination software vendor's servers at a time when originations are in the doldrums?

Mortgage applications, including requests for refinancings and for home purchase loans, rose from the previous week for the week ended April 11.

As homeowners regain equity in their properties and interest rates continue to increase, equity-financed home improvements will likely become more attractive to borrowers than short sales, home purchasing or refinancing.

imortgage's Roland Benson is a top producer because of the people who process, underwrite and close loans in the back office. He should know—that's where he got his start.