Originations

CoreLogic has integrated compliance and fraud risk mitigation solutions into seven loan origination systems.

Mortgage companies added 1,600 full-time employees to their payrolls in March.

Zacks Equity Research analysts warn that legal tussles about past mortgage-backed security deals faced by JPMorgan Chase, Citigroup and other megabanks are bound to lead to increased legal risk.

There are a series of 17 questions plus comments for the borrower to make.

Annaly Capital Management, which is in the process of buying commercial mortgage lender Crexus Investment, has hired several people for its existing CRE platform.

Orlando was listed as the top market for property flipping, where a flipper’s gross profit is 63%.

Fitch has released a presale report on Irvine Core Office Trust 2013-IRV, a commercial mortgage-backed securitization backed by $875 million in loans on Southern California office buildings.

Fitch Ratings has given the $1.75 billion five-year senior secured term loan to J.C. Penney from Goldman Sachs a BB- rating with a negative outlook.

The shopping and dining event is being called “Fairway Gives Back to Boylston Street: B2B Boston Strong.”

As the stock market rebounded on Thursday, so did most of the members of the Mortgage Industry Equity Composite.

Mortgage Grapevine poster Investorlender writes, “I have a super jumbo second home refinance. Who is doing these?”

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac’s charters exempt them from paying real estate transfer taxes, a federal judge ruled.

Berkadia Commercial Mortgage is looking beyond apartments as the U.S. government scales back in the market.

We're hearing about due on sale clauses, not in the traditional sense where a mortgage must be paid off when a property is sold but rather in other circumstances.

Silvergate Bank funded $663 million of loans through its mortgage warehouse program, down from $815 million in 4Q12.

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have created a repayment program for those borrowers in New York who received Hurricane Sandy-related forbearances on monthly mortgage payments.

The total volume of securitized commercial mortgage loans that reach maturity during the coming months is roughly $14 billion.

Even though many industry insiders say extending HARP is the right decision, there are some who believe even more needs to be done to the program so a greater amount of consumers can utilize it.

Fidelity National Financial said the first quarter was its strongest quarter in that business since 2004.

Ocwen Financial Corp. produced record revenue in the first quarter of 2013 as well as a year-over-year increase in overall net income.