Underwriting

There is a real possibility of a large, nonmortgage brand coming into the industry and consolidating a disjointed loan origination process.

CoreLogic's fourth-quarter earnings reflect the success of the transformation to an appraisal management company business model accelerated in the prior-year period.

Commercial real estate market participants could be missing the stresses that are wearing down the foundations of growth in the small-cap segment.

Quontic has rolled out a streamlined non-qualified mortgage refinance product that will not require the borrower to provide verifications or documentation.

First American Financial, a title insurance underwriter and settlement services provider, is acquiring mortgage document firm Docutech for $350 million in cash.

Digitization presents opportunities for lenders to streamline the mortgage process in ways that benefit them and their borrowers, but three things stand in the path to full adoption.

NMI Holdings saw its insurance-in-force grow 38% over the past year as 90% of its clients used its black box pricing module during the fourth quarter.

Banks' lowering of origination fees and loosening of underwriting standards often foreshadow a downturn.

PMI Rate Pro lets users compare mortgage insurance premium quotes from all six companies in the market.

Debt-to-income doesn't perfectly measure a borrower's likelihood of making timely mortgage payments, but it shouldn't be replaced as the ability-to-repay rule evolves, it should be made more flexible instead.