Originations

There is only one week remaining to submit a nomination for the 2014 Mortgage Technology Top 50 Service Providers.

The final deadline for nominations is 6 p.m. EDT Thursday, April 17, 2014.

Originators need to stop waiting for something to happen and instead start going after new business.

everyone, including the underwriter, has an impact on customer experience and denying that means you are no closer to addressing it.

Mark Cohen took advantage of referral relationships built over 29 years, along with high demand for jumbo financing in Beverly Hills, to become 2013's top originator.

The USDA's Rural Housing Service is seeking congressional approve for a lender-funded update to its loan-guarantee program that will speed up loan processing.

Freddie Mac will soon add another automated review on the appraisal reports it receives through the Uniform Collateral Data Portal.

Refinances last week made up the lowest portion of mortgage activity since July 2009, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association's Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ended April 4.

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The homebuilder's mortgage unit, which mostly serves new homebuyers, has acquired retail originator Pinnacle Mortgage as part of an effort to spread the mounting costs of compliance over more loans.

CoreLogic has agreed to add Equifax's the Work Number platform to Credco, its verification-of-employment service.

Stewart Title Co. has acquired quality control firm Wetzel Trott in a move to expand its origination and servicing audit and due diligence services.

Genworth Financial projected net profit will climb 29% this year at the Australian mortgage insurer that’s slated for an initial public offering.

Radian Group said Chief Executive Officer S.A. Ibrahim’s incentive compensation more than doubled last year as the mortgage insurer’s stock surged.

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Mat Ishbia, a former college basketball player and coach, has adapted what he learned from Michigan State coach Tom Izzo to turn United Wholesale Mortgage into a leading originator.

A big investor in SWS Group has objected to the Dallas company's planned sale to Hilltop Holdings.

After a year in which bankers have voiced steady opposition to the qualified mortgage rule, more than a third now say they will make non-QM loans in targeted markets, a major reversal from the industry's past stance.

It took five years, but consumers finally are making their mortgage payments before credit card payments, according to recent analysis from TransUnion.

Prospective homeowners are increasingly more optimistic, with 38% of respondents to Fannie Mae's March 2014 National Housing Survey saying it is a good time to sell a home, compared to 26% a year ago.

The National Association of Realtors estimates that the Federal Housing Administration's 1.35% annual premium stopped at least 125,000 renters from buying a home last year.