Originations

Wipro Gallagher Solutions on Wednesday officially launched its “Lend Value” suite of enterprise loan origination technology, integrating its three technologies.

Annual phone calls are a simple marketing strategy that very few loan officers take the time to implement.

Of the 17 Mortgage Industry Equity Composite members, 10 were down, six gained and one broke even.

A new Canada-only securities transaction collateralized by a co-ownership interest in a pool of residential property-secured lines of credit could prove to be a model for future deals of interest to U.S. investors.

Wells Fargo persuaded a U.S. judge to dismiss some claims against it in a lawsuit by the federal government accusing the lender of home mortgage fraud because they were filed too late.

The Mortgage Grapevine is discussing one of the biggest issues of the day in Washington, the lifting of the debt ceiling.

KB Home’s CEO thinks the mortgage-rate-driven slowdown in the housing market’s recovery will not last.

Life insurers had a loss of 1.92% on their commercial mortgage investments in 2Q13, the first time this has occurred since the fourth quarter of 2008.

Kenneth Tebbs has been sentenced to 78 months in prison after pleading guilty to one count of wire fraud in connection with a real estate investment scheme.

Sen. Bob Corker, a co-author of legislation to overhaul the mortgage finance market, forcefully defended his proposal that private capital take at least 10% of the first loss on mortgage-backed securities.

First Niagara Financial Group promoted Tom Faughnan to become senior director of its residential mortgage business.

As the credit union mortgage business transitions from a refi market to a purchase market, CUs are having to make “hard decisions” about their sales staff.

The preferred stock was issued as part of the compensation for Ocwen’s purchase of Homeward Residential Holdings from WL Ross in October.

Third-quarter earnings from builder Lennar Corp. show its mortgage-related operations were down compared to the same period last year, but its overall net earnings were up.

On a year-over-year basis, FHFA HPI is up 8.8%, but right now it is 9.6% below its peak month of April 2007.

The Federal Housing Finance Agency is launching a national campaign to notify homeowners about the benefits the Home Affordable Refinance Program can provide them.

Over the last 12 months, prices rose 12.3% and 12.4% as measured by the 10- and 20-city composites.

Seven tips for mortgage originators to use to source business from high-end home buyers.

Since seller-funded down payment assistance is no longer available, social media sources might be an alternative.