Origination

Weekly averages for fixed-rate mortgages declined for the third week in a row in Freddie Mac’s survey.

A LinkedIn discussion talks about the need for originators to brand themselves.

Mortgage Grapevine poster Loan Writer has the opportunity for a one-on-one conversation with a Fannie Mae vice president who is in charge of residential underwriting guidelines.

All 17 members of the Mortgage Industry Equity Composite lost ground on Wednesday, the second time in three trading days.

Global Tower Partners is readying a $245 million commercial mortgage-backed securitization of cell towers.

Federal Reserve Gov. Elizabeth Duke said the U.S. economy is strengthening as credit conditions improve in most areas except the mortgage market.

The Federal Reserve said the U.S. economic expansion remained “moderate” amid gains in manufacturing, housing and autos that offset weakness in defense-related industries in some regions.

At the end of the first quarter, Horizon had $143.6 million of mortgage warehouse loans on its balance sheet.

Salem Five and Salem, Mass., are establishing a fund for the family of Bill Richard, whose eight-year-old son, Martin, was killed in the Boston Marathon bombing.

Xerox has restructured its signature lending platform to facilitate data exchanges between lenders, servicers, investors and third parties.