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The Federal Housing Administration multifamily program is slated to shut down in August unless Congress provides HUD with an additional $5 billion loan commitment authority.

When you speak to servicers nowadays, the number one concern many companies are battling right now is complying with new industry regulations.

We're hearing that the deck is stacked against Mel Watt, and his chances of being confirmed by the Senate and sworn in as the new GSE regulator are 100-to-1 at best.

Although the Dow Jones Industrial Average set an all-time high on Friday, the performance of the Mortgage Industry Equity Composite was more mixed.

A Connecticut attorney involved in a mortgage scam is facing 21 months of imprisonment following his recent sentencing in U.S. District Court.

NorthStar Realty Finance had first-quarter net income of $37 million, up from a loss of $34 million one year prior.

The question of the day on the Mortgage Grapevine actually the question of the past few years among originators is “are underwriting guidelines too tight?”

In a mortgage lending environment where most people are originating some flavor of the same product set, being able to offer something outside of the box can help give a loan officer an advantage.

The clarifications piece together additional details relating to the determination of the DTI ratio.

Without a government guarantee, the multifamily loan programs run by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac would be reduced in nonprime lenders that would be dependent on the private securitization market.