Origination

Loan officers should not have to depend on business coming from real estate agents who make just $20,000 per year.

The average profit per loan fell 93% from a year earlier to $150 last quarter—the lowest since the trade group started its studies in 2008.

We're counting down this year's top originators. Check out which loan officers made the cut in the latest segment of the list!

ON's fifth annual Top Originators Survey highlights the mortgage industry's most productive loan officers.

Latest forecasts for 2013 estimate $1 trillion in origination with many concerned it will drift lower over time.

Home prices have come back, but how strong and for how long? Freddie Mac has created a quick way to get a handle on the national and local housing markets.

With more reliable loan data, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac would have greater confidence that borrowers would not default. In return, lenders would receive a juicy carrot: fewer buyback requests.

Mortgage originators marketing campaigns and materials should reflect the professional nature of the business if you do not want to be seen as a commodity.

Commerce Mortgage appointed 28-year industry veteran Shabi Asghar as president of its wholesale real estate lending.

Redwood Trust, the biggest issuer of U.S. home-loan securities without government backing last year, ended a four-month absence from the market with a $342 million transaction.