Originations

There are still people living in log cabin homes and they need mortgage financing, too.

Another product option for the upside-down mortgage borrower.

Our most read story on nationalmortgagenews.com this past week was Brian Collins’ report on the mortgage angle of the fiscal cliff legislation.

Think of it as a couple of guys talking every day about the mortgage or real estate markets. Think Big, Work Small is a daily video we run on our website nationalmortgagenews.com.

Fitch tempered its optimism about U.S. home price increases that have been the largest since 2005, noting that gains tend to be from factors like supply-demand imbalances rather than economic strength.

Today, risk is marked by increasing complexity and velocity, and in light of our mobile, social and big-data landscape, there is urgency around proactively identifying and managing risk.

I am increasingly asked about whether subjective "performance" bonuses payable to loan officers are compliant.

Of the 100 largest metropolitan areas, 82 had an increase in asking prices on a year-over-year basis.

The long-term rate-indicative Treasury yield, which started the week at levels close to 1.7%, had surpassed 1.9% as of Friday morning.

Bank of America Corp. chief executive officer Brian T. Moynihan said his firm should overtake JPMorgan Chase & Co. in direct-to-consumer mortgage lending in the next six months.

If you are a mortgage broker who has customers that are veterans, and/or if you market VA mortgage loans to veterans, you may need to do some damage control thanks to some bad apples.

BankFinancial has sold nonperforming loans and foreclosed-upon real estate with a combined value of $22.7 million to unnamed buyers via two bulk sales.

Veros Real Estate Solutions’ latest quarterly forecast indicates the top 100 markets nationwide will appreciate on average 1.2% over the next 12 months.

Friday’s job report shows mortgage brokers hired 1,200 new employees in November while other mortgage lenders trimmed their payrolls for the second straight month.

There were more losers than gainers among the member stocks of National Mortgage News’ Mortgage Industry Equity Composite as the market closed Thursday afternoon.

The Federal Housing Administration is making it easier for small banks, thrifts and credit unions to participate in the FHA single-family program again.

Dubai Islamic Bank offered to take over mortgage provider Tamweel through a share swap, four days after the United Arab Emirates’ central bank issued guidelines restricting home loans.

The ever-increasing national debt should be of concern to mortgage originators because of the effect it could have on interest rates.

Mortgage people need to toe the mark or CFPB may tow it for you.

The November 2012 CoreLogic National Foreclosure Report shows the number of completed foreclosures in the U.S. dropped 6% month-over-month.