Originations

Providing a multichannel approach to collecting borrower information can lower costs and provide a better customer experience.

The Federal Home Loan Bank system saw its strongest advances growth in nearly six years in the second quarter as banks began to see depositors exit.

There are plenty of tools to help mortgage originators develop referral relationships.

The percentage of conduit commercial mortgages paying off at their balloon date in August is 72.1%.

The recent spike in mortgage rates has “dampened” consumers’ views of the housing market, according to Fannie Mae’s latest survey.

JPMorgan Chase expects its mortgage originations will be off by 35% to 40% in the second half of this year.

Bank of America will eliminate about 2,100 jobs and shutter 16 mortgage offices as rising interest rates weaken loan demand, said two people with direct knowledge of the plans.

Originators need new ways to get business.

We're hearing if you think changes to the mortgage business in recent years have been jarring, you may want to fasten your seatbelt.

The next four markets on the OwnAmerica list are in Texas.

There were 14 of the 17 Mortgage Industry Equity Composite stocks which closed higher on the day.

Raffi Oghlian conspired to defraud financial institutions of nearly $2 million through a mortgage fraud scam that used phony documents and straw buyers to make illegal profits from the sale of overpriced townhomes.

One Grapevine poster has come across a problem in recent weeks involving Realtors and home valuations.

Freddie Mac is offering about $1.3 billion in K certificates in its 14th multifamily securities deal of this type for the year.

Radian Guaranty said it had more cured loans in August than new notices of delinquency reported during the month.

Altisource Residential Corp. agreed to acquire a $922 million portfolio of nonperforming loans for a purchase price of $537 million.

While 10.7 million residential homeowners nationwide owe at least 25% or more on their mortgages than their properties are worth, another 8.3 million homeowners are either slightly underwater or in positive equity.

A decline in the number of interest-only loan products available in the marketplace has contributed to the first drop in four months in the Mortgage Credit Availability Index.

The new FHA reverse mortgage rules will lead to more originations of variable-rate home equity conversion mortgages because of the restrictions on the first draw.