Origination

Default management is a continuous, cumbersome process with multiple touch points and outcomes, therefore more susceptible to risk.

Annual monetary returns to customers that totaled $130 million last year would be wiped out if the qualified mortgage rule's 3% cap remains as proposed.

The bank is resolving to pay millions in cash in addition to giving claim credits and other payments on certain vintage mortgage loans.

Government shutdown cited as factor in October decline.

Guild Mortgage is looking to grow its business with three-year goals of amassing $20 billion in servicing and doing $10 billion a year in originations for first-time homebuyers.

The Federal Housing Finance Agency could slow efforts to shrink Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and boost aid to troubled borrowers if U.S. Representative Mel Watt is confirmed as the agency’s director early next month.

The government wants to add Wells Fargo Vice President Kurt Lofrano as a defendant to a lawsuit that claims the bank was reckless in underwriting mortgage loans it falsely certified as eligible for Federal Housing Administration insurance.

JPMorgan Chase’s $13 billion mortgage-backed securities settlement reinforces the industry’s need to keep tabs on originations, even if reform is supposed to end this kind of problem.

Well-developed brands have a higher return on investment when it comes to generating new business.

Just 11 of the 17 stocks closed on Friday higher than they did on Thursday even as the Dow Jones Industrial Average ended the week at a record high.