Origination

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American Realty Capital Properties, a real estate investment trust, has agreed to buy CapLease, which is also a REIT.

We're hearing that an old joke that used to get passed around at mortgage conference cocktail receptions might not be as funny today as it was back then.

Colony American Homes filed to raise as much as $260 million in an initial public offering.

Three executives from the now-defunct Bank of the Commonwealth and a borrower were convicted by a federal jury in Virginia for fraud that cost the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. an estimated $268 million.

Two subsidiaries of PHH Corp. have entered into individual agreements with Credit Suisse First Boston Mortgage Capital for two-year extensions on their committed warehouse credit facilities.

Mortgage origination provides credit unions with important fee income, brings interest-earning potential, and ultimately builds membership loyalty.

House prices are up 10.9% in March compared to a year ago as the S&P Case-Shiller 20-city house price index posted its highest annual gains since 2006.

For those entities that believe they are too small to be impacted by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, think again.