Originations

Commercial real estate executives expect asset values and capital availability to stabilize next year, according to The Real Estate Roundtable's fourth-quarter Sentiment Index survey.

A proprietary loan origination system is the best way to stay ahead of compliance and organizational growth.

New York City officials announced plans for what may be Brooklyn's tallest building, a 600-foot office tower in the borough's downtown.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is pushing back against a lawsuit from PHH Corp. that claims the agency erred in overturning an administrative law judge's recommendation to limit the amount of penalties it could face.

Mixed views of the economy drove consumers' overall trust in the housing market down in October, according to Fannie Mae's Home Purchase Sentiment Index.

Amid an ongoing shift in pricing strategies in the private mortgage insurance market, Essent Group chairman and CEO Mark Casale is trying to show investors that aggressive pricing tactics aren't the only way PMI firms compete.

While regulatory pressures remain top of mind for the mortgage industry, lenders surveyed by National Mortgage News are shifting their attention from defensive-minded compliance initiatives to ones that improve companies' ability to compete.

Clayton Homes reported a higher third-quarter profit on increased sales of its manufactured homes.

Title insurers are bracing for a bumpy fourth quarter due to the CFPB's new mortgage disclosure rules. But the timing of the regulation might actually help get the short-term pains out of the way during what's typically a slower period of mortgage activity.

Profits on home sales reached their highest point in eight years in the third quarter despite a slowing-down of appreciation rates, according to RealtyTrac's U.S. Home Sales Report.

LendingTree stands to earn as much as $91.4 million based on its pricing for a common stock offering that is expected to close Nov. 12.

Nonbank mortgage lenders added 1,600 employees to their payrolls in September, which combined with revised August figures brought industry employment to its highest point in more than two years.

Former Rabobank trader Anthony Allen, found guilty for rigging a key financial benchmark, struck jurors in Manhattan as evasive, deceptive and "shaky," as one of them put it after delivering the verdict.

Mortgage credit availability improved in October as a result of new affordable housing programs, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

Interest rates on 30-year fixed-rate mortgages increased during the week ending Nov. 5, as the market gained greater confidence that the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates, according to Freddie Mac.

The portion of homebuyers making their first residential purchase fell for a third straight year, and is now at the lowest level since 1987.

Mortgage professional hiring and new job appointments for the week ending Nov. 6.

Impac Mortgage Holdings swung to a profit in the third quarter, due to higher gains on the sale of loans.

Stonegate Mortgage reported a wider loss in the third quarter, as it dealt with a decline in gains on the sale of loans and the value of mortgage servicing rights.

Many millennials lack knowledge about credit, despite their own concerns with their financial futures, according to a study by Experian.