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While the overall delinquency rate decreased for the fifth straight month, states with unemployment rates that were double and triple the national average had the most overdue loans, a CoreLogic report found.

However, companies were largely unable to use that cash infusion to make investments that lower their costs, since they had to pay out more in compensation.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's revocation of a Trump-era policy on abusive practices could mean higher fines and penalties for violators. But it still isn't clear what makes a practice abusive.

Lumber futures have surged more than 60% to record highs this year, and analysts aren’t expecting any relief until late 2021.

The markets and the Fed are not on the same page about the future of inflation. Luke Tilley Senior Vice President and Chief Economist at Wilmington Trust will discuss the economy and inflation.

A loan officer logging a billion-dollar volume topped the ranking for the first time in the 23-year history of the survey.

The stabilizing economy drove one of the biggest mortgage recoveries on record, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

The diverse group of loans in the servicing rights portfolio offers a potentially attractive recapture opportunity and would be a sizable transaction for their era.

During a record-breaking year for lending, these loan officers brought in the highest volumes of the 400 on the list.

Lenders largely took a piecemeal strategy to technology adoption, gravitating towards a hybrid e-closing process as the latest industry “innovation,” yet this process is anything but, Rick Triola of NotaryCam writes.

Servicers of loans not related to the government most often capitalized missed payments and converted them into a deferred, non-amortizing balance, said Vadim Verkhoglyad of dv01.

The inaugural securitization includes 447 30-year loans with average balances of $863,206.

Even as properties spent the least time ever on the market and the average sale-to-list home price ratio broke 100%, some indicators point to a slight reversal, which could head off “runaway home price speculation or a housing bubble,” Redfin chief economist Daryl Fairweather said.

With independent title companies scoring the largest market share gain last year, the sector saw a 22% increase in premiums overall, the American Land Title Association said.

However, the decline in Black Knight’s numbers may stem from a previous deadline that policymakers have since extended.

Nonbanks claimed more of the top slots based on loan volume, while the origination gains experienced by Hispanic, Black and Native American borrowers were weaker than those of other groups.

The digital lender’s valuation ballooned to $6 billion from $4 billion less than five months after closing a $200 million fundraise.

After years of lagging other industries, financial services marketers are finally ramping up their digital investments. But this new spending must be aligned with smart strategies and urgency.

The Financial Stability Oversight Council has struggled to find its footing since its creation in Dodd-Frank. The Treasury secretary has signaled a more aggressive role for the panel, including reviving its authority to target nonbank behemoths.

More lenders are willing to take on borrowers who are lower on the qualification spectrum as the economy rebounds.