Originations

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

Fraud risk has diminished as a result of widespread changes that lenders have made to their origination practices, according to Fitch Ratings.

Mortgage credit got harder to obtain during the first quarter, although economists expect access to credit will continue to gradually improve, according to Zillow.

M&T Bank has agreed to pay $485,000 and change its lending policies to settle a lawsuit that accused the Buffalo, N.Y., company of racial discrimination in making mortgage loans.

Credit unions are no longer the tiny cooperatives they were a generation ago.

The resignation of Stonegate Mortgage founder and CEO Jim Cutillo will likely result in either the quick hiring of a replacement CEO to execute Stonegate's business plan or the company being acquired, according to analysts at FBR Capital Markets.

A new battle is brewing between Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac as the government-sponsored enterprises set out to boost their purchases of low down payment loans.

Suncrest Bank is hoping that its team of experienced executives, combined with organic growth and acquisitions, will help more than double its assets in the next few years.

Marketplace lenders seek to disrupt traditional financial services with online platforms that connect borrowers to investors. But in real estate, this burgeoning sector has taken an approach that seeks to co-exist with, rather than supplant, the traditional mortgage market.

As marketing services agreements increasingly fall out of favor, a more level playing field may emerge where loan officers must aggressively compete on their skill and service to win referral business.

State housing finance agencies are well positioned to benefit from the entry of millennials into the housing market, according to Moody's Investors Service.

Oil-producing states defied the U.S. housing crash by posting gains in home values as the rest of the nation suffered.

Mortgage professional hiring and new job appointments for the week ending Aug. 28.

Credit Suisse is taking advantage of the relative calm in credit markets Thursday to launch its second residential mortgage securitization of the year.

Interest rates on fixed- and adjustable-rate mortgages fell this week amid stock market volatility, according to Freddie Mac.

Contracts to purchase previously owned homes climbed in July for the sixth time in the last seven months, signaling further momentum in residential real estate.

Fannie Mae has lowered its projections for single-family mortgage originations for the second half of the year, based on a variety of negative economic conditions.

Many potential home sellers are staying on the sidelines due to high prices and a lack of available inventory for buying a replacement home, according to the California Association of Realtors.

Housing markets nationwide continued to improve, with more than half of states considered to be within a stable range, Freddie Mac reported in its latest Multi-Indicator Market Index.

Those who rent single-family properties could be more likely to buy than their multifamily counterparts, according to research from Freddie Mac.