Originations

When he's not co-hosting his talk radio show or helping clients, Residential Home Funding's Marc Demetriou is studying loan program guidelines, a task he credits for helping him become one of the industry's top producing loan officers.

A unique public-private program in Dane County, Wis., uses shared-appreciation mortgages to develop new affordable housing units more effectively than other traditional financing options.

American Advisors Group has begun marketing a jumbo reverse mortgage loan over a year after it first planned to issue them.

The refinance mortgage market's unexpected resilience in 2015 has come as the result of a number of well-timed factors coalescing to create a welcomed surprise to lenders.

When the late-night television comedians joke about Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac — the two government-sponsored housing finance agencies that almost went belly-up during the housing crisis — you know they have reached the public consciousness.

Consumers don't love to hate lenders, they just often do. By checking in on consumer experiences and opinions often, lenders can stay competitive and avoid negative attention from federal regulators.

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

California's already tight housing market is facing another long-term complication: drought.

The gap between a homeowner's perceived value of their property versus an appraiser's widened in August on a monthly basis, according to Quicken Loans.

Mortgage applications by consumers purchasing a new home dipped in August from July, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

Homeowners are more pessimistic about the future of the housing market, while renters worry if they'll be able to afford to buy a home, according to a Zillow survey.

Interest rates head steady this week despite the monthly jobs report falling short of expectations, according to Freddie Mac.

Texas Capital Bank in Dallas has created a correspondent aggregator channel to complement its existing warehouse lending program.

If you Google "mobile marketing" you get almost 400 million results. It's quite the buzzword. But what is mobile marketing? And why should lenders be paying attention?

Comptroller of the Currency Thomas Curry said banks could consider loan-to-value ratios above 90% to help revitalize areas hurt by the housing crisis.

Nearly 20 trade groups representing lenders, banks, credit unions, title companies and others are urging federal regulators to provide guidance on how they plan to enforce a new mortgage disclosure regime that goes into effect Oct. 3.

Mortgage applications fell 6.2% from a week earlier on a seasonally adjusted basis for the seven days ended Sept. 4, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

Amid growing concerns about compliance costs in title insurance, a trio of title agents has formed a consortium to help smaller firms manage their back offices more efficiently.

Fidelity National Financial has promoted two executives to the position of co-chief operating officer.

The first Fannie Mae Home Purchase Sentiment Index fell 0.5 points to 80.8 in August from where it would have been in July.