Originations

Staying on top of credit underwriting rules is essential for Rosalie Rains of Capital Financial Advisors, and when things get slow she can always turn to the two-color flier she made when she first started originating loans.

The Federal Savings Bank in Chicago has partnered with CondoGrade, a local data company, to provide prospective buyers and sellers of condominiums with information about condo associations.

With the elderly population rapidly expanding as baby boomers enter retirement age, a task force from the Bipartisan Policy Center is calling on the federal government to spur renewed investment in affordable housing for seniors.

Paramount Group is closing a real estate debt fund that has $775 million in commitments.

Lenders that sell both forward and reverse mortgages must carefully consider how their products are offered to older borrowers to avoid confusion that could lead to accusations of financial abuse.

Only 14% of retirees have even considered a reverse mortgage, and only one person out of 1,000 polled actually entered into one, according to the American College of Financial Services.

Here's a look at the 10 markets with a population of more than 500,000 that had the largest growth in home sales activity on a per capita basis during the first quarter, based on data from RealtyTrac.

Ninety-two percent of homebuyers are reviewing their mortgage documents before closing on the loan since the Truth-in-Lending Act/Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act integrated disclosures, or TRID, went into effect in October, versus 74% previously, a survey by the American Land Title Association found.

Ares Capital, the publicly traded lender managed by alternative-investment firm Ares Management, will acquire American Capital Ltd. in a deal valued at $3.4 billion.

Home sales growth has been tepid nationwide thanks largely to a cooling down of the housing market in the West, according to an analysis from Summit Valuations.

New York luxury-condo builder Extell Development Co. says it’s taking longer than expected to obtain construction financing for its One Manhattan Square project as lenders pull back from the market.

Listings for new homes fell 1.1% in April, the first year-over-year drop since August 2014, according to the real estate brokerage Redfin.

Now that it has the green light to expand its role in multifamily housing, Freddie Mac is looking at more ways to shift the credit risk on apartment building mortgages that it insures.

Sales of previously owned homes increased in April to a three-month high, led by a surge in the Midwest and indicating further improvement in the housing market during the busy spring-selling season.

Mortgage professional hiring and new job appointments for the week ending May 20.

Compressed inventory and lackluster homebuyer sentiment thanks to tight credit availability has hindered the housing market from performing at its full potential in April, according to First American Financial Corp.

Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders have something in common besides their populist support and views on fair trade: Economists don't like them.

The Justice Department filed suit Thursday against Guild Mortgage, arguing the firm violated the False Claims Act by improperly originating and underwriting Federal Housing Administration loans.

The experience of updating systems and overhauling workflows that mortgage lenders gleaned from implementing the TILA-RESPA integrated disclosures could prove useful to portfolio lenders as they implement a similarly complex accounting rule for reporting credit losses.

Essent Group may have an opportunity to buy Radian Group, the rival mortgage insurer whose chief executive officer is stepping down.