Origination

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.

Most U.S. adults’ opinion of homeownership has failed to waver over the past five years even though the return to a normal housing market has been slow, according to a NeighborWorks America survey.

Readers can now comment on virtually all (and soon, all) content on National Mortgage News’ website. The first comments from readers prefigure some lively interactivity to come.

New forms need to be revised to account for recent regulatory changes, but laying the groundwork for the new documents will be tough.