Underwriting

Mortgage industry vendors' earnings varied based on the effectiveness of the strategies they used to contend with origination declines and other factors.

The program is aimed at increasing homeownership in neighborhoods where soaring rents have left tens of thousands of low- and moderate-income tenants trying to live in Baltimore without being one of the nearly 7,500 tenants who get evicted each year.

Mortgage rates rose to their highest level in over four years, as 10-year Treasury yields broke the 3% ceiling this past week.

WEI Mortgage discovered a data breach from an email phishing scam last fall that may have exposed loan package information and identifying data such as Social Security numbers.

No individuals have been named in connection with the bank’s recent misdeeds, which resulted in a $1 billion fine, even as some senior leaders stand to gain from the government’s tax cut.

FHA mortgage denials are higher now than they were 20 years ago. Here's a look at the 12 housing markets with the largest combined denial rates for black, Asian and Hispanic applicants.

A data validation integration Freddie Mac is adding to its technology platform could also deliver representation and warranty relief to lenders when it verifies self-employed borrowers' incomes.

Mortgage rates jumped across the board to their highest point this year as 10-year Treasury yields rose in the past week over economic headlines, according to Freddie Mac.

Blockchain technology promises to streamline how mortgages are managed at every point in their life cycle. But it will take an industrywide embrace for blockchains to reach their full potential.

Blockchain technology can support a number of core technology issues plaguing the mortgage industry, including data integrity, security, distribution and compliance.