Origination

Data integrity is a key focus in quality control when it comes to getting a loan closed both efficiently and accurately in line with compliance.

A study suggests the prospect of 2.1 million additional homeowners by 2020 should be a plausible reason for legislators to work harder on a comprehensive benchmark immigration reform.

A commercial real estate market recovery combined with fresh demand for apartments and office properties continue to push commercial property price indices up and commercial mortgage-backed securities default rates down.

Low yields and the short-term impact of a strategy shift involving its departure from an origination channel weighed on Pacific Mercantile Bancorp in the first quarter.

William Lyon Homes, a builder that emerged from bankruptcy last year, fell in New York trading after raising $217.5 million in a public stock offering.

House prices rebounded in 2012 as seven out of every 10 metro areas posted significant gains. But price appreciation will be more modest in 2013.

Margin compression once again overpowered loan growth in the first quarter, sapping banks’ traditional source of revenue.

In almost two-thirds of metropolitans throughout the country, buying a home is a better financial decision than renting for consumers who plan to live in the property for at least three years.

Signs of stronger consumer spending pushed rate-indicative bond yields and primary market mortgage rates higher on average during the week ending May 16.

Single-family housing starts in April fell 2.1% from the prior month, while multifamily starts plummeted 38%.