Origination

Under a big white tent in Joe Chillura Courthouse Square, the NAHB, with several co-sponsors, collected signatures on petitions calling for politicians to solve the foreclosure crisis, guarantee credit-worthy home buyers and small business the opportunity to obtain loans, and protect the mortgage interest deduction.

The credit-score company VantageScore Solutions, which beat an antitrust lawsuit last year, is taking precautions to avoid repeating the experience.

Homes sales and prices—along with construction activity—have improved over the past few months, but a true recovery in the housing sector is still far away due to tight mortgage credit.

Is it better to call attention to yourself? Or wait and have someone discovers how wonderful and great you really are?

A new tool for originators to help them get the most out of their social media marketing efforts.

REITs, including mortgage REITs, continue to offer more attractive yields to investors even though the pace of increases has slowed down.

The causes of the mortgage meltdown were widespread. Repeatedly identifying one group, like brokers, may be politically expedient, but it isn’t honest.

The American Bankers Association has renewed its secondary market relationship with Freddie Mac.

Just eight months ago Southwest Bank had no warehouse lending commitments on its books, but today that figure stands at $80 million and growing.

Nearly two-thirds of Americans have a favorable perception of the U.S. housing market, up four percentage points from the first quarter, and 12 percentage points over the first quarter of 2011.