Originations

The Federal Reserve said the U.S. economic expansion remained “moderate” amid gains in manufacturing, housing and autos that offset weakness in defense-related industries in some regions.

At the end of the first quarter, Horizon had $143.6 million of mortgage warehouse loans on its balance sheet.

Salem Five and Salem, Mass., are establishing a fund for the family of Bill Richard, whose eight-year-old son, Martin, was killed in the Boston Marathon bombing.

Xerox has restructured its signature lending platform to facilitate data exchanges between lenders, servicers, investors and third parties.

From smartphones and tablets to social networking, technology infiltrated the way we live so immensely it is hard to imagine not having them constantly at our fingertips.

It would almost seem reasonable for large banks to first extend the Home Affordable Refinance Program to those most at-risk, but many still need help.

Housing and Urban Development secretary Shaun Donovan is pressing House and Senate Banking leaders for the authority to regulate FHA’s reverse mortgage program through the issuance of mortgagee letters.

The residential mortgage banking segment at PNC Financial Services Group reported income of $45 million in the first quarter.

Commercial and multifamily mortgage bankers closed $244.2 billion of loans in 2012.

Zacks pointed out that Flagstar not only is a survivor, it remains a strong player in the mortgage space.

Regulatory change is taking increasingly bigger bites out of community bank lenders' bottom lines.

For the second consecutive week, refis are driving the increase in application volume, this time up 4.8% on a seasonally adjusted basis for the week ended April 12.

Bank of America originated nearly $24 billion in single-family loans in the first quarter through its retail channel.

Freddie Mac has another multifamily commercial mortgage-backed securities deal set to price on or about April 18, its sixth K deal this year.

The upbeat attitude of the stock market spread to the members of the Mortgage Industry Equity Composite.

We're hearing despite all the progress the mortgage industry has made in going paperless, it's perhaps more than a little ironic that the most important event in the mortgage process is still largely a paper-driven affair.

A hint on keeping a consumer who is soliciting other originators.

DocMagic has launched BorrowerMobile, an application that allows tablets or smartphones to be used for consumer-lender communication.

WCS Lending has revamped its wholesale lending channel, moving the majority of the staff to new offices in Concord, Calif., with updated policies, procedures and products in place.

Mortgage Grapevine poster Loan-er is looking to resolve a dilemma.