Originations

One Grapevine poster is asking how many suspicious activity reports have the other posters on the board filed.

A report from the Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies suggests changes to the housing finance system may negatively affect future lending to lower-income and minority borrowers.

We're hearing that reviews on the long-awaited Consumer Financial Protection Bureau qualified mortgage rule are mixed.

Genworth Financial Inc. will undertake a restructuring that in essence separates out its U.S. and European mortgage insurance operations from its life insurance operations.

The mortgage servicer settlement with federal regulators resulted in an $80 million fourth-quarter expense accrual for U.S. Bancorp, reducing its earnings per share by $0.03.

Ellie Mae’s latest monthly sample data suggest originators who use its system continued to close an increasing amount of Home Affordable Refinance Program loans through yearend.

Purchase applications have risen to the their highest level since April 2011.

JPMorgan Chase reported single-family originations of $51.2 billion in the fourth quarter, up 8% from the third quarter and 33% a year ago.

A recent DC Circuit Court decision granting “standing” to surviving non-borrowing-spouses who sued HUD is an opportunity for HUD to solve this festering legacy legal, financial, and reputational problem.

Commercial real estate finance firm Walker & Dunlop closed over $250,000 in financing for age-restricted properties last year.

Taking the opportunity to ask for a referral when you send out tax statements.

Greystone is continuing expanding with moves to grow it on the West Coast that will be led by a member of its senior management staff.

Synovus Financial Corp. settled a shareholder lawsuit over more than $200 million in bad loans to Georgia luxury resort Sea Island Co.

A poster on the Mortgage Grapevine board actually asks two questions about the Home Affordable Refinance Program.

At the peak of the real estate downturn, 12 million borrowers were underwater, blocking them from moving or saving money by taking advantage of the lowest borrowing costs on record to refinance.

Homebuilder Lennar Corp.’s fiscal fourth-quarter earnings thrived as the housing market continues on its road to recovery.

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. has approved a final rule that imposes new appraisal requirements on lenders in mortgage transactions where the homebuyer is being charged a higher-than-normal mortgage rate.

At first glance the Charlotte market seems like the wrong target for home construction.

California home sales in December increased 0.8% from November and 0.9% from December 2011 aided by consumers looking to act before the fiscal cliff.

Farmer Mac has priced a preferred stock offering which will raise $60 million in Tier 1 capital.