Originations

Sometimes your borrower just doesn't quite say it right out that they are willing to consider something different.

Residential Finance Corp. named David Stein as president of its retail branch division, an expansion of his current role as general counsel.

Radian Group Inc. came out of the President’s Day holiday strong, as its stock set a new 52-week high in Tuesday trading.

Ginnie Mae MBS issuance fell 7% from December to $38.3 billion in January.

Commercial real estate investment veteran Louis Rogers has launched a new venture, Capital Square Realty Advisors.

Gateway Mortgage Group did over $1 billion in annual mortgage originations for the first time in the company’s history during 2012.

Institutional Mortgage Capital has completed a privately placed Canadian commercial mortgage-backed securities deal it said shows increasing buyer interest in the asset class.

A Grapevine poster said his wife has a job opportunity that would require both to relocate to Hawaii.

In the 23 years I’ve been following the mortgage finance industry, many proposals have been made to scale back or even eliminate the mortgage interest deduction.

Ally Bank has sold its correspondent and wholesale mortgage production operations to Walter Investment Management Corp.

Homebuilder confidence slipped a notch in February as concerns about rising lumber prices, labor costs and land availability seem to be rising.

Numbers will be used as proof of lender discriminatory acts under new Department of Housing and Urban Development rule.

Home Affordable Refinance Program refinancings rebounded 42% in November from the prior month as GSE seller/servicers refinanced 129,550 Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac loans with LTVs above 80%.

Starting in February the Lenders One national alliance will have a preferred vendor to Motivity Solutions technology.

Michael Roth of Elevations Credit Union sees the institution as a differentiator in his marketplace.

Plaza Home Mortgage raised nearly $100,000 for Susan G. Komen for the Cure during its month-long campaign in October.

Investors were a lot happier with Ellie Mae once they learned about the company’s results and management change.

An originator posting on the Mortgage Grapevine is asking how many files per month his processor should be handling.

Key regulators signaled that they will consider matching up the qualified residential mortgage rule with the definition of the qualified mortgage so they don’t place additional constraints on lending.