Origination

Impac's “continuing” mortgage business earned $4.4 million and the firm saw originations spike by 33% over the second quarter to almost $710 million.

The authors of a 15-year-old study that suggested you might save your kids from teenage pregnancy by buying a house have doubled down on their findings.

At BOK Financial mortgage banking revenue increased 70% from a year earlier, to $50.3 million.

Warehouse usage levels haven’t been this strong since the 2000 to 2004 time period when it ranged from 50% to 60%.

Although Genworth's mortgage insurance division lost money, it is seeing a noticeable pick up in new policies written.

Mortgage bankers will be unable to sell into the secondary market any newly originated loans from the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic without a natural disaster re-inspection (NDR).

New applications continue to fall somewhat but the purchase money share is increasing.

Because of storm damage, lenders will need to have properties re-appraised which means home inspectors will be busy in the New York-New Jersey area and surrounding locales.

We're seeing a rise in the willingness of lenders to make home mortgages to business owners who cannot always verify income.

The Federal Housing Administration notes that purchase money loans represented 62% of all government insured forward mortgages originated in fiscal year 2012.