Originations

The new qualified mortgage rule is pressuring vendors of loan origination systems to work with lenders to recode their units. There's a lot of work to be done before the Jan. 10 deadline.

The company reports earnings of $36 million in the third quarter, as a $13 million pretax charge helps to reduce results by 38%.

The new organization aims to help mortgage lenders improve their business practices through collective strength.

U.S. attorneys general offices in Georgia and California are examining potential violations tied to Countrywide Financial, the subprime lender Bank of America bought in 2008.

BOK Financial Corp. develops correspondent program to expand its mortgage business nationwide.

The cost to originate a home loan is skyrocketing as lenders try to comply with stricter rules to catch problem loans. Technology would better automate the loan process, but can small lenders justify the investment?

Declining refinance volumes that forced mortgage companies to trim staff and fire loan officers finally register in industry job numbers.

HUD's new rules change the underwriting focus to the borrower's credit instead of life expectancy.

Drop the baggage holding you back to raise your loan production.

Next year the industry is going to be paying close attention to new rules because of the changing regulatory landscape.

Regulators are giving banks advance warning of new escrow requirements.

The trader’s performing and nonperforming loan prices increased in August, but the same could not be said for CMBS loans.

The second commercial mortgage-backed securities conduit deal from Deutsche and Cantor in less than a month has 30% credit enhancement protecting top-rated notes and relatively high leverage.

Posters on the mortgage grapevine discuss the good and bad factors within the Affordable Care Act, more commonly known as Obamacare.

FORMFREE specializes in technology that enables lenders to determine whether borrowers can pay back loans in compliance with regulations effective in January 2014.

NAMB annual hears the current compensation on most mortgages will be maintained. That makes a lot of brokers very happy.

The housing market hits a rough spot as existing home sales slow, prices fall and government actions deter some buyers.

Essent and its investors are now selling almost 20 million shares for $13.50 to $15.50 apiece, according to a regulatory filing today from the Bermuda-based firm.

JPMorgan Chase reached a tentative $4 billion agreement over its sale of mortgage bonds with the FHFA.