Originations

During December, Mortgage Guaranty Insurance Corp. had $2.2 billion of primary new insurance written, similar to November.

United Shore Financial Services has promoted the head of its wholesale mortgage unit to become its president.

The country's largest undercapitalized bank, U.S. Century Bank of Doral, Fla., raised $30 million in December through the sale of three loans.

In purchasing the servicing rights to 650,000 Fannie Mae loans from Bank of America, Walter Management is looking to refinance over 45% of those loans through the Home Affordable Refinance Program.

The highest share of consumers in the two-and-a-half year history of Fannie Mae’s housing survey expects home prices to increase in the next 12 months.

Making sure your clients know in any interest rate environment that you are looking out for their needs and goals.

The housing industry is starting 2013 off on a positive note as the number of improving markets rose for the fifth straight month.

A Mortgage Grapevine poster who is an expert in the USDA program has let the community know that the government agency has come out with a new underwriting matrix.

Almost 55% of the loans financed through a commercial mortgage-backed security execution reaching their balloon date were paid off in December.

Veri-Tax and its subsidiary, Verification Bureau, have launched a Form 4506-T electronic signature solution.

The flat fee compensation concept, which many loan officers in the industry dread, has now spread to the property valuation business.

An appeals court has overturned the previous dismissal of a case involving the rights of surviving, non-borrowing spouses of Home Equity Conversion Mortgage borrowers.

Prices for the commercial real estate loans that comprise mortgage-backed securities rose in November.

As the housing market goes, so goes the economy. Therefore credit unions located in some of the hardest-hit economic areas of the country should enjoy improved bottom lines this year.

In forging the fiscal cliff deal that the House and Senate passed last Tuesday, Congress left the mortgage interest deduction vulnerable.

Of the 17 stocks in the index, 13 closed higher, four closed lower and MGIC was unchanged.

Mesa West Capital has funded two commercial mortgages secured by properties in the Denver area totaling over $47 million.

For the past year, Federal Reserve governors and bank presidents have complained about how long it takes lenders to process mortgage applications.

Now that 2012 has wrapped up, it is time for you or your company to submit your yearend numbers for our top producer survey and rankings later this year.

Bart Mellits was appointed the new leader of Ballard Spahr's real estate department.