Origination

Lower volumes and increased regulation are leading more lenders to consider outsourcing. But the savings and compliance improvements must outweigh increased liability for contractors and a rise in offshore prices.

Once written off as an endangered species, nonbank home lenders are making a comeback in the third-party origination businesses abandoned by banks since the financial crisis.

Mortgage rates for 30-year loans climbed for a second week, cutting into affordability as the housing recovery shows signs of cooling.

Here is a list of 18 items loan officers should consider when talking with their current or future employers, including who owns the database.

There are many conversations that take place during the mortgage process, and a lot of them are conversations between players in the industry.

A financial reform group hoping to block the government's $13 billion settlement with JPMorgan Chase faces a steep uphill climb.

Deciding which of your marketing programs you need to continue and which ones to put on hold when your work load increases.

The largest U.S. bank's apartment loan business is mushrooming, aided by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac retrenching. Now JPMorgan is refocusing on a market where, surprisingly, it lags: New York.

The company, started in 2010 after the mortgage crisis, wrote $4.5 billion of new insurance in the fourth quarter, only about $400 million less than market veteran Genworth.

The pace of home construction declined more than forecast in January, indicating an unusually harsh winter probably played a role in slowing projects.