Originations

Mortgage industry hiring and new job appointments for the week ending Aug. 26.

Home values rose for the 48th consecutive month in July, but not enough to close the gap with the peak set in 2007, according to Zillow.

Appraisal management software company Mercury Network has entered into an agreement to acquire valuation data and analytics services provider Platinum Data Solutions.

Equifax and TransUnion have stopped selling traditional credit reports, forcing lenders to buy their new, more expensive "trended" data reports that mortgage investors aren't using yet.

Mortgage rates held steady from the previous week, while still remaining near their all-time record lows, according to Freddie Mac.

Nonbank lender Guaranteed Rate has scored a naming rights deal with the Chicago White Sox.

A long-running dispute between the Department of Housing and Urban Development and the agency's Office of Inspector General over down payment assistance programs is beginning to have an impact on lenders.

Concern around billionaires from abroad creating a price bubble by sheltering wealth in U.S. real estate is nothing more than hype caused by market commentators for the sake of ratings and page clicks.

The national credit union trade associations have joined with unlikely partners as co-signers on a letter that calls out the Department of Housing and Urban Development over lending issues.

The Los Angeles City Council joined Los Angeles County in trying to get California Gov. Jerry Brown to declare a state of emergency for the problem of homelessness.