Origination

I’m not going to give out the names of the lenders, vendors and servicers that have won our annual Mortgage Technology Awards after all.

If Joseph Campanelli's job at Flagstar Bancorp was to keep the company alive, Michael Tierney's task is to make it thrive.

Residential shadow inventory continued to shrink in July compared to a year ago, CoreLogic said in its latest data report.

The latest entrant to the (now) lucrative warehouse business is a company called Fortis Capital, which is pitching its services to residential loan brokerage firms that are seeking to transition to mortgage bankers.

Former Kondaur CEO Jon Daurio is out in the market trying to raise money for a new nonconforming lender.

Citywide Mortgage is opening a regional sales center in Orange County, Calif., and seeks residential loan officers and others.

The syndication of warehouse lines of credit may be staging a mini-revival.

Federal Reserve governors continue to view the housing recovery as weak despite its multiyear efforts, citing—among other concerns—tight mortgage underwriting standards.

Many mortgage bankers aren't waiting around for regulators to define what a qualified mortgage is and instead are writing their own rules, including strict about debt-to-income ratios.

Because the stakes are so high for a medium that’s still very much in its infancy, Ellie Mae is taking a slow-and-steady strategy that it hopes will ensure its mobile technology meets the needs of its diverse user base.