Origination

GTE Financial has become one of a handful of credit unions to offer its members the HarmonyLoan.

United Wholesale Mortgage is providing the mortgage brokers who sell product to it with metrics involving loan quality, efficiency and production.

Subprime mortgages are likely to become harder to make and more expensive to sell based on the new qualified mortgage rule.

Lender Processing Services estimates that 2.6 million Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac loans may still be eligible for refinancing via the Home Affordable Refinance Program.

The Qualfied Mortgage rule largely adopts underwriting criteria already standard for most.

We're hearing it could be a case of one government agency not knowing what the other is doing.

As we approach 2013 it is safe to say that a New Mortgage Industry continues to emerge.

Origination News is seeking loan officer volume for 2012 for its annual top 150 producers list.

The National Association of Mortgage Brokers is now NAMB the Association of Mortgage Professionals.

Wells Fargo executives said in an earnings call that they are still optimistic about originations, even though the company suffered a sequential quarterly decline they attributed to its exit from the wholesale channel and seasonal factors.