Originations

Profits from originating mortgages dipped during the third quarter, with independent mortgage banks and mortgage subsidiaries of banks reporting an average gain of $897, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

Mortgage rates for 30-year loans fell for a fourth week, reducing borrowing costs to the lowest level in a year and a half.

After 20 years in the business, Bliss Sawyer shares some observations about originating mortgages that she learned over time.

One in five U.S. housing markets are now less affordable than their historic average as price gains outpace income growth from New York to San Francisco.

The Federal Housing Finance Administration has advised private mortgage insurers that it will delay the release of revised capital standards.

Here is a checklist of important items in order to get a report approved in record time.

If banks finally start loosening up mortgage lending standards, will credit unions' hard-won market share take a hit?

Interest rates for conforming mortgages have fallen to their lowest level in over a year and a half, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

Meeting people and getting to know them remains the most successful way of getting new clients.

Word-of-mouth marketing led to a total of seven large mortgage deals for the author.

Home prices rose 6.1% in October from a year earlier, representing 32 consecutive months of appreciation, according to CoreLogic.

Thomas Provenzano, a Connecticut man who in January pleaded guilty to real estate fraud, was sentenced to 18 months imprisonment to be followed by five years of supervised release.

Fidelity National Financial, a title insurance company based in Jacksonville, Fla., has agreed to acquire BPG Holdings, a home warranty firm in Alpharetta, Ga.

VirPack released a new Web portal for consumers to submit digital copies of borrower verification documents to mortgage lenders.

Delinquency rates for commercial and multifamily mortgages declined in the third quarter, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

Genworth Financial Inc. fell in New York trading as JPMorgan Chase & Co. cut its price target, citing a reserve shortfall at the insurer.

It's not often that competing financial institutions agree to share, but that's not the case for two Florida credit unions.

The Synergy Award commends technology initiatives and alliances that encourage the integration of software and processes to promote automation, efficiency and broad mortgage industry use. Learn about this year's finalists and see who won the 2014 MT Award.

Wells Fargo & Co. targets black and Latino borrowers for more costly home loans than their white counterparts in the Chicago area, helping to prolong a local and national foreclosure crisis, the biggest county in Illinois said.

A company's evolution from startup to established business requires executives to have a wide array of leadership skills, particularly given the intricate compliance requirements that can complicate the growth trajectory of many mortgage firms.