Originations

Sales of previously owned homes edged up 0.4% in January from the prior month despite a dearth of properties for sale and rising prices.

The average 30-year rate during the week ending Feb. 21 was up three basis points from the previous week.

Broadway Financial has unloaded a package of loans in an effort to boost its asset quality.

Toll Brothers tumbled the most in four years after reporting fiscal first-quarter earnings that trailed analyst estimates and projecting narrower margins.

The Federal Housing Administration will soon be launching a new loss mitigation waterfall to further emphasize its Home Affordable Modification Program in hopes of further reducing foreclosures.

The market reacted to the release of the minutes from the January meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee.

The seventh and final step in the Military Decision Making Process.

JPMorgan Chase & Co. is seeking to sell securities tied to new U.S. home loans without government backing in its first offering since the financial crisis that the debt helped trigger.

Organizations need to implement a change management office to help guide new initiatives and efforts.

Fitch Ratings agency recently affirmed Arch Capital's ratings and stable outlook.

A loan officer has posted on the Mortgage Grapevine seeking a loan for a commercial property, namely a gas station.

Visiting Dallas for the MBA servicing conference is particularly hard for me.

Mutual First Financial saw its mortgage volumes grow in 2012, a period during which it generated relative year-to-year gains in earnings.

Canadian existing-home sales rose for the first time in four months in January on gains in Toronto and Vancouver.

Revel AC Inc. has reached an agreement with the majority of its lenders that will allow the Atlantic City casino hotel operator to enter into a prepackaged Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization.

Brookfield Residential Properties said the recovery in U.S. housing is only just starting to add to earnings.

Fidelity National Financial had net earnings of $152 million for 4Q12, down from $233 million in 3Q12 and $173 million one year prior.

Redwood Trust is validating expectations that it would keep the private-label market of residential mortgage-backed securities alive this year.

Mortgage application volume declined 1.7% on a seasonally adjusted basis for the week ended Feb. 15.

Single-family housing starts edged up by less than 1% in January but it was still enough to push construction activity to the highest level since July 2008.