Origination

CoreLogic said in its monthly Home Price Index that home values escalated by 10.2% in February compared to a year ago.

We're hearing it’s time to figure out exactly how originators should get paid for consumer direct lending.

Ocwen Financial has completed its purchase of the reverse mortgage lender Liberty Home Equity Solutions from Genworth Financial.

The Obama administration wants to give Federal Housing Administration lenders more breathing room so they can feel confident about lending to a wide range of borrowers without being sued by the government.

Loans securing commercial mortgage-backed securities finished 2012 at their lowest levels of new defaults since 2008.

360 Mortgage Group is offering a product designed for borrowers who qualify for less than 20% mortgage downpayment loans.

The deal, K-712, has an estimated size of $1.4 billion.

Fitch Ratings and Kroll Bond Rating Agency have released presale reports on the fifth Sequoia/Redwood Trust jumbo mortgage-backed securitization of the year.

Piggyback mortgages all but disappeared following the housing bust but they appear to be staging a comeback as lenders continue to gain confidence in the housing recovery.

New seasonally adjusted purchase loan application volume is up 1% for the week ended March 19.