Mortgage brokers

The resignation of Stonegate Mortgage founder and CEO Jim Cutillo will likely result in either the quick hiring of a replacement CEO to execute Stonegate's business plan or the company being acquired, according to analysts at FBR Capital Markets.

Marketplace lenders seek to disrupt traditional financial services with online platforms that connect borrowers to investors. But in real estate, this burgeoning sector has taken an approach that seeks to co-exist with, rather than supplant, the traditional mortgage market.

As marketing services agreements increasingly fall out of favor, a more level playing field may emerge where loan officers must aggressively compete on their skill and service to win referral business.

The mortgage industry typically takes a conservative approach to employees promoting their personal brands. But it's time for lenders to take a lesson from the presidential hopefuls who have gained an upper hand by playing up their individual brands.

Real estate brokers deserve a slice of mortgage revenue, but marketing services agreements are not the way to give it to them.

Employment in the mortgage banking and broker sector has grown 5.8% since June 2014.

A survey from Fannie Mae found that lenders use credit overlays in a limited manner, with some variations based on channel.

United Wholesale Mortgage has begun offering interest-only mortgages through its third party origination channels.

Eastern Union Funding has lowered its fee cap $135,000 on loans for stabilized properties.

The latest estimates of nonbank mortgage lender employment mark the largest number of workers since November 2013, and the biggest monthly hiring gain in six months.

The Supreme Court decision making same-sex marriage legal nationwide could boost mortgage demand as it provides gay and lesbian couples with more financing opportunities and stronger joint property rights.

Altisource Portfolio Solutions has upgraded its sell-it-yourself real estate platform, Owners.com, and will offer a rebate to buyers who purchase a home through the site.

The second-largest provider of U.S. mortgages through brokers is bringing back a debt type that that's almost disappeared since the financial crisis: Interest-only loans.

Stonegate Mortgage Corp. is rolling out a new system that it says will give home-loan investors greater ability to handpick the debt they want to buy.

Lenders keep hiring as outlook for home sales and originations remains uncertain.

Recent regulatory action against a California lender is a lesson for lenders with substandard monitoring of broker fees.

Learn how the some of the industry's most successful loan originators get it done with these tricks of the trade from the 2015 Top Producers rankings' top 12 loan officers of the Midwest.

After a "landmark" first-quarter driven by mortgage origination gains, Flagstar Bancorp is counting on mortgage servicing and community banking to spur future growth.

Citadel Servicing Corp., a California-based nonbank wholesale mortgage lender and servicer, has rolled out a subprime second trust deed loan program.

Millennial-age workers for the first time outnumbered their Gen-X peers. But the average loan officer is 54 years old, and industry groups are taking steps to help expand outreach to the next generation of mortgage professionals.