Originations

Credit Suisse First Boston Mortgage Securities Corp. had three classes of its commercial mortgage pass-through certificates series 2002-CP5 downgraded by Fitch Ratings.

History shows that a rapid rise in interest rates tends to have little correlation with home prices, according to a Fannie Mae researcher.

The National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index rose six points in July to 57.

Rentsys Recovery Services, a provider of disaster recovery solutions for community banks, credit unions and other enterprises, acquired EverGreen Data Continuity.

The refinancing share of applications for the second quarter was pegged at 75%, up from 70% in June’s forecast.

Which kind of mortgage sales person are you? Being proactive could save you some grief.

Proper education and financial planning advice could provide other, possibly more suitable options for seniors.

The American Action Forum poll of public attitudes on government-sponsored enterprises indicates over half would rather see Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac disappear.

Cole Taylor Mortgage president Willie Newman sent letter to clients updating them about the MB Financial deal's impact on the business.

The Federal Bureau Investigation and the Internet Crime Complaint Center is warning individuals to be cautious when posting rental properties and real estate online.

Credit unions are selling increasing amounts of their record mortgage loans on the secondary market, almost all of them to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

Even though the Dow hit a new high, only 10 of the 17 Mortgage Industry Equity Composite stocks closed higher compared with Friday.

LoanLogics has developed an automated module to detect the cause of reconciliation errors between MERS data and servicing system data that can improve origination.

A former loan originator who now works in loss mitigation is approaching the Mortgage Grapevine to help a client.

New Basel III provisions could impact a significant percentage of warehouse lenders.

We're hearing at the height of the mortgage crisis Navy Federal Credit Union found the delinquency rate on one of its special mortgage products remained below the industry’s overall delinquency rate on prime credit quality loans.

The Federal Trade Commission has made a request for additional information and documentary material from Fidelity National Financial and Lender Processing Services regarding their merger-and-acquisition transaction.

With this acquisition, Accenture hopes to become the largest end-to-end provider of mortgage services in the U.S.

Citigroup in its second-quarter earnings release showed some concern about downward pressure on mortgage revenue, but overall its net income was up at $4.2 billion, compared to $2.9 billion in last year’s second quarter.

Commercial mortgage loans provided life insurers with a 1.99% total return on investment in 1Q13, up 14 basis points from 4Q12’s 1.85%.