Originations

The need for affordable housing funding is getting more critical, according to the president of the Federal Home Loan Bank of New York, especially lately when there are fewer and fewer funds from government for housing.

Deciding what types of renovations positively impact property values may not be as evident as it seems, according to the Appraisal Institute.

As the mortgage market changes from a refinance market to a purchase market over the next several months, a shift in fraud risk trends will take place during this time that lenders need to be aware of.

The CFPB's mission to protect consumers is a "great one," but the "problem" is how the new regulator is going about its business, said Michael Benoit a partner with Hudson Cook LLP.

Bank of America's recent attempts to get some existing mortgage customers to refinance sounds eerily like a sales pitch from the bubble days of 2005.

The private mortgage insurers once again recorded the highest gains among Mortgage Industry Equity Composite stocks for Monday.

New rules show the importance for lenders’ own sakes to make sure their customers know what is going on.

Trepp and Rockport unveiled the new design of TreppPort 2.0 this month, an enterprise level commercial real estate solution that provides mobile capabilities for lending, asset management and surveillance.

While the Mortgage Grapevine is a place where mortgage originators can post all of their hard to fund transactions in an attempt to find a funding source, a recent post might be the most difficult of all.

Global commercial real estate advisory services provider Situs has expanded its bank and loan advisory group by adding two directors and two vice presidents.

The $120 billion-asset company has made a tender offer for certain debt of Union Planters Preferred Funding, a REIT subsidiary that it then plans to dissolve.

QuestSoft has designed an all-in-one mortgage compliance software that is compatible with the most popular loan origination systems.

Redfin said the reduction in offers on a month-to-month basis is because of a substantial increase in sales inventory during April.

The percentage of Americans who believe it is a good time to sell a home spiked in May to the highest level in three years.

Standard and Poor’s is warning that new conduit commercial mortgage-backed securities deals, particularly those issued in the second quarter, are riskier compared with other recent vintage transactions.

Veros Real Estate Solutions has updated its proprietary Pathway system to enable users to comply with the new appraisal data reporting rules required by the government-sponsored enterprises.

There was almost an even amount of cured loans and new notices of default in the Mortgage Guaranty Insurance Corp. delinquent loan inventory for May.

Caliber Funding LLC, an originator which is also owned by Lone Star, and Vericrest Financial are being merged into a single operating entity.

A group of homeowners who sued the Wells Fargo and the real estate firm Long & Foster failed to prove that Wells Fargo funneled referral fees to Long & Foster, a Maryland jury found