Originations

Many states currently have temporary work-from-home guidance for licensed mortgage professionals that extends through at least Dec. 31, but some have fall expiration dates.

Plus: mortgage credit availability hits 6-year-low and Ellie Mae and ICE Mortgage change leadership

Jonathan Corr's departure from the nation's largest loan origination system company follows the completion of its sale to Intercontinental Exchange.

Mortgage industry hiring and new job appointments for the week ending Sept. 11.

The post was vacant since Kristy Fercho left to run Wells Fargo Home Loans in July.

Mortgage rates fell 7 basis points this week to yet another record low in the 49-year history of the Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey, as stock market indicators sank during the period.

Mortgage applications increased 2.9% from one week earlier, rising for the first time in nearly a month with home-buying demand remaining unusually strong as summer ends, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

The final version of the amended rule, like the original proposal, makes fair lending claims tougher to prove; but it does soften language that otherwise might have allowed mortgage companies to use algorithms to prove nondiscrimination.

Mortgage industry hiring and new job appointments for the week ending Sept. 4.

The technology company arrived at this percentage by mapping federally declared disaster areas to the projects it helps lenders manage.

Mortgage rates remained relatively flat this week, as yields for the benchmark 10-year Treasury spiked at the start of the period before dropping, according to Freddie Mac.

Nearly half of the second-quarter volume came from its existing customers.

But federal elections and the pandemic make projections on the sustainability of industry profitability especially tricky.

The pandemic drives home the point that without those funds being siphoned off, the recent fee hikes would not be necessary.

Mortgage applications fell for the third consecutive week, likely because those borrowers motivated to refinance have already done so, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

The decision is the latest development in an ongoing dispute between the shuttered company and its regulator.

The third annual survey seeks to identify and recognize the best employers in the industry.