Originations

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau should provide independent mortgage lenders with clear guidance on how to comply with rules and confirm that good-faith compliance with the bureau's directives will not result in enforcement actions and financial penalties

Warehouse lenders dramatically expanded the amount of credit they were willing to extend in 2015, accommodating a noted increase in originator demand, according to The Reynolds Group's annual warehouse lending survey.

We're counting down this year's Top Producers. Check out which loan officers made the cut in the first segment of the list!

The results of the 2016 Top Producers Survey reflect a year of booming business for loan officers, both in terms of the dollar volume and number of loans reported by each loan officer, as well as the tremendous response to the survey itself.

CIT Group, the commercial lender run by John Thain, found a material weakness in the accounting of a mortgage business, causing the company to delay the filing of its annual report to the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Home prices rose 6.9% in January compared to a year ago, according to CoreLogic.

New services seek to replace lender processes that often involve manually updated spreadsheets and other efforts pieced together to meet steepening regulatory requirements for vendor management.

Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance has agreed to acquire Apollo Residential Mortgage.

Attorneys Title Agency has acquired the direct operations of Stewart Title in Michigan.

Radian Guaranty is filing a new rate structure, lowering its premiums for higher-quality borrowers and raising them for those with lower credit scores.

Contracts to purchase previously owned homes unexpectedly dropped in January by the most in two years, representing a setback in residential real estate leading up to the spring selling season.

Home prices rose 5.5% in December 2015 compared to the previous year, according to Black Knight Financial Services.

Fannie Mae touted its financial support to the small multifamily loan market last year, saying it provided $1.6 billion in financing to the sector.

CoreLogic more-than-doubled its profit in the fourth quarter, as the benefits from an acquisition helped offset higher expenses.

Citing rising cost and time constraints, PHH Corp. will stop internally building its retail originations business and instead focus on acquisitions and its joint venture with Realogy Corp., PHH Home Loans.

Mortgage professional hiring and new job appointments for the week ending Feb. 26.

Interest rates on fixed-rate mortgages fell this week, according to Freddie Mac, after a small rally in the previous two weeks.

Rising home prices in hot housing markets are robbing buyers of a favorite pleasure: looking at pictures of homes they can't afford.

Home prices rose 5.8% in the fourth quarter from a year earlier as buyers competed for a tight supply of listings.

An increased level of home-purchase mortgage applications led to continued improvement in the U.S. housing market in December, according to Freddie Mac.