Origination

Restaurants are using CRM to cater to their regular customer preferences. Mortgage originators should do the same thing.

Mortgage bankers saw new applications spike by 11% for the week ending Sept. 7—thanks to continued low interest rates.

Mortgage Guaranty Insurance Corp. wrote $2.5 billion of new insurance policies in August, a 4% increase from the month prior.

Astoria Financial has already originated more multifamily and commercial real estate loans this year than it did in all of last year.

The House passed a bill that requires the Federal Housing Administration to submit a plan to Congress on how it intends to avoid a government bailout of its financially strapped mortgage insurance fund.

Demand for foreclosed properties is heating up in certain markets where the supply is shrinking at increased speed.

Government entities, investors and lenders are embracing efforts to minimize foreclosure related losses by keeping properties occupied.

Bankers are mounting their support for national efforts to build up a much-needed financial literacy foundation.

NewDay USA, a nationwide reverse mortgage lender, has named former Government National Mortgage Association president Joseph Murin as its new president and chairman.

As the Mortgage Bankers Association’s annual conference in Chicago gets closer, I’m remembering what a great mortgage party town the Windy City has been over the years.