Origination

The increased scrutiny, mortgage bankers complain, would end recent attempts to provide home loans to borrowers with weaker credit, something the FHA has been trying to spur for years.

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Home equity lending increased for the first time last year but overall mortgage originations in January were the lowest since November 2008, according to Black Knight Financial Services.

New Year's resolutions are beginning to fade and the reality of the shrinking origination market has settled in for most residential mortgage lenders.

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Mortgage brokers have the strongest ties with referral sources like real estate agents. But they lack the control over closing, funding and underwriting that's critical in a home purchase transaction.

Hovnanian Enterprises reported a wider loss for its fiscal first quarter as inclement weather extended construction times and sales demand slowed.

While the budget was once again focused on other issues than financial services, it provided an update on the White House's priorities as well as a prediction that the FHA's fortunes will soon improve.

What does it mean to be a borrower returning to the market from job loss, credit challenges, foreclosure and/or bankruptcy.

President Obama's fiscal-year 2015 budget projects the Federal Housing Administration won't require a taxpayer subsidy this year as the agency's efforts to shore up its finances have offset losses from defaulted loans.