Consumer lending

Stonegate Mortgage Corp. in Indianapolis has promoted James Smith, its president and chief operating officer, to be its permanent CEO.

Learn how the some of the industry's most successful loan originators get it done with these tricks of the trade from the 2016 Top Producers rankings' top 20 loan officers of the Northeast.

M&T Bank in Buffalo, N.Y., for the first time was able to report a full-quarter impact from its acquisition of Hudson City Bancorp, which took about three-and-a-half years to complete because of regulatory challenges.

Total mortgage income at B of A was $433 million, down from $694 million a year ago as the strategy of putting loans on its balance sheet meaning the bank gets less gain-on-sale revenue.

Wells Fargo & Co. said first-quarter profit fell 5.9% as the firm set aside more money for soured energy loans and expenses increased.

Mutual of Omaha Bank and an affiliate of PlainsCapital Bank in Dallas have partnered to sell residential mortgages.

The average profit on each loan originated in 2015 by independent mortgage banks and mortgage subsidiaries of chartered banks jumped by more than $400 from the previous year, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

Learn how the some of the industry's most successful loan originators get it done with these tricks of the trade from the 2016 Top Producers rankings' top 20 loan officers of the Midwest.

Eight years after subprime mortgages all but disappeared, U.S. buyers with bad credit can still own homes.

Learn how the some of the industry's most successful loan originators get it done with these tricks of the trade from the 2016 Top Producers rankings' top 20 loan officers of the South.

For the second consecutive month, lenders reduced their staff as spring home sales get off to a good start.

A jury awarded Mount Olympus Mortgage Co. more than $25 million in a lawsuit alleging "corporate espionage" by former employee Benjamin Anderson and his new employer, Guaranteed Rate.

Learn how the some of the industry's most successful loan originators get it done with these tricks of the trade from the 2016 Top Producers rankings' top 20 loan officers of the West.

With the countdown of the 2016 Top Producers rankings now complete, check out the entire list of this year's best loan officers and brokers.

As a handful of new issuers enter the market and the implementation of a key regulation pave the way for subprime securitization's comeback, the volume of new loans that are actually available to the market remains a question.

We're counting down the list of this year's 300 Top Producers. It's time to find out who made the Top 10!

W.J. Bradley Mortgage Capital will wind down its business, after it stopped funding new mortgage loans on Sunday.

We're counting down the list of this year's 300 Top Producers. Check out which loan officers made the cut in the penultimate segment of the list!

Home equity lenders are putting more loans on the books, thanks to increasing property values. But utilization rates are falling, not increasing, and older loans are paying off at a faster clip than lenders can replace them.

We're counting down the list of this year's 300 Top Producers. Check out which loan officers made the cut in the ninth segment of the list!