Origination

This segment has some vitality after three of the top four buyers had pulled out starting last year.

The Federal Housing Administration is handcuffed but Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac’s new regulator is expected to favor broader mortgage financing terms for borrowers.

Mortgage brokers will continue to survive under the qualified mortgage rule.

The savings bank, ranked 45th by total volume, wants to grow its mortgage operations.

There are certain compliance requirements/items that a lender should have done already (or should do immediately) given the January deadline for regulatory change that is almost upon the industry.

The commercial mortgage banker will use the loan proceeds to pay off an $83 million facility from Bank of America.

The question triggers a whole array of responses. But after a five-year onslaught of new rules and enforcement, some see a brighter regulatory future for banks.

The agency already has hired 1,500 people, a number of which are enforcement attorneys.

Purchase mortgage volumes will come in lower than some expect next year, securities strategists fear.

The ceremony will take place at halftime of this year’s Military Bowl.