Origination

The apartment-lending units of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were among their few money makers after the U.S. housing collapse. Now they should help transform the U.S. mortgage industry.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau prohibits actions aimed at circumventing loan officer compensation rules. One example was a lender who permitted teams of LOs to share commissions.

Here is why that reporter who contacted you decided not to use your quote in a story.

Check out the full list of ON's fifth annual Top Originators Survey, highlighting the mortgage industry's most productive loan officers.

Mount Olympus Mortgage's Ben Anderson ranked No. 6 in the fifth annual Top Originators Survey. Check out the other loan officers who made the top 10 in this year's edition of the list!

David Norris led Nationstar's Greenlight Loans direct lending unit and will be chief executive officer of a similar division that dominates loanDepot's business.

Housing market trends continue to show improvement in February as housing prices stabilize and foreclosure starts decrease to 2005 levels, according to the March installment of the Obama administration's Housing Scorecard.

Unlicensed loan processor gets over six years in federal prison for his actions.

Efforts to help underwater borrowers with second liens have had little success, and the Treasury's authority to create new homeowner aid programs under the Troubled Asset Relief Program has expired.

Farmers & Merchants Bank's Michael Osorio ranked No. 17 in the fifth annual Top Originators Survey. As we count down this year's top originators, check out the other loan officers who made the cut in the latest installment of the list!