Originations

Walker & Dunlop has provided $394.6 million in financing for multifamily properties in the state of Texas during the eight months of this year.

One poster claims in order to remain relevant HUD will be forced to lower its MI premiums in the near future.

The Federal Home Loan Bank of Topeka has dropped its activity-based stock purchase requirement when members sell their mortgages to the FHLB.

At least in Florida some are seeing a surprise benefit from new regulations—growth in the mortgage broker industry.

Mortech has added new day-to-day lending process functionality to its Marksman software.

The New York attorney general has filed a lawsuit against real estate mogul Donald Trump, Trump University and its former president for engaging “in persistent fraudulent, illegal and deceptive conduct.”

Credit unions originated 6.8% of all first mortgages in the U.S. in the first half of 2013.

The S&P Case-Shiller house price index rose 2.2% in June from the prior month as all 20 cities in the HPI posted monthly gains for the third consecutive month.

The state of Michigan is using $100 million of the Treasury Department’s’ Hardest Hit Fund for the demolition of vacant and abandoned homes in five cities.

One poster has a customer who has four trade lines, but all were paid off and closed over 12 months ago.

After a seasonal phenomenon occurred in June where mortgage delinquencies spiked up, the trend started to take a reverse course again in July.

Ohio is in dire need for new policies that improve the foreclosure process and promote job growth so the state’s housing and economic recovery takes hold.

Metro-West Appraisal Co. recently opened new branches across the country as part of the firm’s expansion strategy.

Nonaffiliated title companies are gearing up for the possibility of increased business as a result of new qualified mortgage rules the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau plans to put into place early next year.

The California Homeowner Bill of Rights and similar types of regulation issues in other states are affecting recovery efforts because these rules favor the borrower by protecting them if they are at-risk of foreclosure.

Equifax has introduced a tool designed to deliver a more in-depth picture of past credit behavior and future mortgage loan credit risk.

A federal judge for the Southern District of Iowa sentenced Paul Kramer to 90 months in prison for wire fraud, bank fraud and conspiracy.

One key aim of developing a better business process in the current market is to adjust to what are generally higher costs as a result of the shift to a purchase market.

The new division, Luther Burbank Mortgage, will have its own suite of residential loan products from Luther Burbank Savings.

Michael Deery does a lot of writing, both for traditional and social media outlets, and is successful in attracting customers.