Origination

A Mortgage Grapevine poster was wondering about how an underwriter treated a client’s unreimbursed expenses in the loan application.

CoreLogic predicts the mortgage industry will originate between $1.45 trillion and $1.55 trillion this year.

The 90-day foreclosure moratorium applies to homeowners who live in nine states and the District of Colombia where the president issued major disaster declarations.

Housing realities appear to contradict the popular belief that older homeowners can downsize a home to make the mortgage loan and living costs more affordable.

The district attorneys in three California counties sued over the use of the Transaction Point system.

We're hearing the controversial idea that downpayment assistance can be a financially sound endeavor apparently is not dead.

Freddie Mac’s latest weekly survey finds the 30-year rate rising above 3.5% for the first time since Sept. 13, 2012.

The private mortgage insurers are accepting Loan Prospector or Desktop Underwriter approval for their own underwriting.

There are more than 1 million fewer consumers nationwide whose credit scores are considered subprime as of Sept. 30, 2012 from the same day one year prior.

The members of the Mortgage Insurance Cos. of America had their third best month of 2012 in terms of new insurance written during December.