Origination

The Online Originator Award acknowledges a lender that has demonstrated a commitment to using Web-based technologies to generate borrower leads and convert them into closed loans. Learn about this year's finalists and see who won the 2013 MT Award.

Incoming FHFA director Mel Watt’s postponement of a g-fee increase may mean he is likely to favor expansion of credit over shrinking the GSEs.

Time to Accumulate MSRs? Better find a way to connect with your consumer first.

Fidelity National Financial, the largest U.S. title insurer, won approval from U.S. antitrust regulators for its $2.9 billion acquisition of Lender Processing Services.

Tight supply and rising prices may have forced some buyers to the sidelines.

Calgary-based Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust gave two families free lodging for 2014 and a holiday to remember.

Steve Calk, chairman and CEO of the Federal Savings Bank and Chicago Bancorp, would make originations much simpler if he were a regulator.

Prices have increased across the U.S. as investors drain markets of inventory and improving employment brings in more buyers.

The course of action you can take to help more consumers qualify for a mortgage.

Owners of single-family rentals can put the small units in their backyards, zoning permitting.