Mortgages

Nondepositories in the mortgage business cut 2,900 more jobs in February, bringing industry employment to its lowest point in nearly three years.

Lennar, one of Houston's largest homebuilders, has launched a line of communities that aims to offer new houses in an increasingly rare affordable price segment serving first-time buyers.

Sales of existing single-family homes in Maine eased slightly, although prices remained strong, rising 2.85% comparing February 2019 to February 2018.

The 2019 countdown of the National Mortgage News Top Producers list concludes with the 25 loan officers with the highest dollar volume

The stream of newly minted, IPO payouts from Lyft — and soon, other tech unicorns — may have Bay Area home sellers dreaming of bigger payouts and buyers wary of even heftier mortgages.

Mortgage industry hiring and new job appointments for the week ending April 5.

Mortgage Builder is counting on its new ownership's backing to help it reach more lenders and servicers as technology advances compel more of its potential clients to consider changing their systems.

Housing finance reform could give banks an advantage and challenge nonbanks if it reduces Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac's involvement in the mortgage market, according to Moody's Investors Service.

Artificial intelligence, automation, electronic closings; the 2019 Top Producers identified the biggest technology initiatives bending the way mortgages get done.

The administration official will serve a five-year term as Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac's chief regulator.

Home sales are dropping in Vancouver as listings rise, with the local real estate board blaming policy changes for restricting potential buyers.

Mortgage lending standards loosened in March, as a swell in jumbo credit helped drive an expansion in availability for the third straight month, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

Ditech, a home loan company, will lay off what remains of its 210 employees in downtown St. Paul, Minn., and consolidate its mortgage servicing operations in other locations.

Mortgage rates held steady after several weeks of declines, during which there was the largest weekly drop in more than 10 years, according to Freddie Mac.

Houston home shoppers were able to find homes two weeks faster this past winter than they did a year ago at the same time, a new report shows.

Even in the dead of winter, housing prices in the greater Santa Fe, N.M., area remain warm to the touch.

The 2019 countdown of the National Mortgage News Top Producers list continues by featuring the loan officers ranked 26 to 75.

This time, investors required Radian to hold on to the first 2.5% of losses it covers on the pool; by comparison, the insurer’s previous deal, Eagle Re 2018-1, had a lower “attachment” point of 2.25%.

Controlling classes of investors in commercial mortgage-backed securitizations can replace a special servicer, but before they do, they should make sure the long and potentially expensive process is worth it.

After a brief delay, the agency’s acting director signed off on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac contributing to the National Housing Trust Fund and Capital Magnet Fund.