Economy

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

Interest rates on fixed-rate mortgages rose slightly on a weekly basis, as the market waits on the Fed to resume its interest rate hikes, according to Freddie Mac.

Mortgage credit availability stayed the same in February, based on data analyzed by the Mortgage Bankers Association.

The delinquency rate on commercial mortgage-backed securities continued to fall significantly for the month of February, according to Trepp.

Millennials and non-whites make the strongest association between owning a home and the American dream, according to a survey from Zillow.

Mortgage applications dropped during the week ending Feb. 26 as refinance activity fell to its lowest level since January, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

We're counting down the list of this year's 300 Top Producers. Who made the second segment of the list?

Freddie Mac has released a new Web tool aimed at servicers.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau should provide independent mortgage lenders with clear guidance on how to comply with rules and confirm that good-faith compliance with the bureau's directives will not result in enforcement actions and financial penalties

Prices of loans underlying commercial mortgage-backed securities were on the rise in January, according to DebtX.

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

The results of the 2016 Top Producers Survey reflect a year of booming business for loan officers, both in terms of the dollar volume and number of loans reported by each loan officer, as well as the tremendous response to the survey itself.

Freddie Mac has expanded the amount of ongoing loan-level data it discloses about mortgages it insures in an effort to boost appetite for reinsurance.

The market for U.S. mortgage securities without government backing, virtually frozen since the financial crisis that it helped trigger, may get a boost from some of the biggest bond funds on Wall Street.

Home prices rose 6.9% in January compared to a year ago, according to CoreLogic.

Ocwen Financial Corp. and Walter Investment Management Corp. both recorded full-year losses in 2015, though that is where comparisons between the two companies cease.

Radian Guaranty is filing a new rate structure, lowering its premiums for higher-quality borrowers and raising them for those with lower credit scores.

Redwood Trust is "repositioning" its mortgage business by focusing mainly on jumbo loans, according to its top executives.

Contracts to purchase previously owned homes unexpectedly dropped in January by the most in two years, representing a setback in residential real estate leading up to the spring selling season.

Home prices rose 5.5% in December 2015 compared to the previous year, according to Black Knight Financial Services.