Underwriting

Defects and misrepresentations on mortgage applications rose for the fifth consecutive month in April, with increases for both purchase and refinance loans.

Guild Mortgage is reaching out to millennials who often have higher debt-to-income ratios and lack down payments with a grant that allows them to put just 1% down.

Mortgage rates inched lower for the third consecutive week and set a new low for the year, according to Freddie Mac.

Application volume decreased 3.4% from one week earlier, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

On New York's Roosevelt Island, a sliver of land across the East River from Manhattan, real estate broker Ben Garama is trying to set a record — and make a statement.

The Federal Housing Finance Agency has revived the idea of putting a question on the loan application asking consumers what language they want to communicate in.

Home values increased by 7.3% in April, the strongest rate of year-over-year appreciation in more than 10 years, according to Zillow.

Mortgage rates hit their lowest mark of the year, as they were affected by the stock market sell-off on May 17, according to Freddie Mac.

HLP has received a $20,000 grant award from the CBC Mortgage Agency, a government housing agency owned by a Native American tribe.

Homeowners insurance agencies are embedding their policy-underwriting technology into mortgage companies' origination and servicing systems in a bid to chase the same customers together.