Mortgages

Hawaii's booming economy contributed to the Honolulu bank's 10% increase in loans and 9% increase in deposits in the third quarter.

Fannie Mae is authorizing additional suppliers of reports that can give lenders immediate representation and warranty relief on certain data, diversifying beyond an exclusive partnership with Equifax in one category.

Strong growth in the sale of existing homes in Lake County in September was almost enough to pull the seven counties that make up the Greater Northwest Indiana Association of Realtors into positive territory for the month.

The CFPB's practice of "regulation by enforcement" forces mortgage companies to develop compliance standards based on the mistakes of their peers, rather than clear guidance from the enforcement agency, said David Motley, the new chairman of the Mortgage Bankers Association.

Texas is receiving $58 million from the Community Development Block Grant disaster recovery program that HUD administers.

The Federal Housing Finance Agency added a language preference question to the loan application, rejecting the mortgage industry's wishes.

To protect veterans from predatory lending practices, Ginnie Mae and the Department of Veterans Affairs should remove lenders' financial incentive for originating Interest Rate Reduction Refinance Loans.

Equifax continues work to add new security features and restore full access to The Work Number following a report highlighting potential security vulnerabilities in a browser-based portal of its employment verification service.

Home sale prices in Western New York hit new peaks over the summer, as the region's housing market continued to churn past historic records.

LoanCare, a Virginia Beach, Va.-based subservicer, can now service mortgages registered with MERS as e-notes by using DocMagic's e-vaulting technology.

SunTrust’s yields have improved as it has increased its credit-card and student lending and made more online personal loans through its LightStream subsidiary.

Mortgage industry hiring and new job appointments for the week ending Oct. 20.

Five of the top 25 ZIP codes for single-family rental purchases were concentrated in three states, according to Attom Data Solutions.

Nearly half of all Memphis renters are "cost burdened,'' meaning they spend more than 35% of their household income on housing.

For the second year in a row, a North Texas city is being honored as the country's hottest housing market.

Mortgage rates ticked down for the first time in two weeks as the 10-year Treasury yield fell to its lowest point in October, according to Freddie Mac.

Originators and real estate agents are considered more trustworthy and credible by home purchasers than online sources about mortgage information, a Fannie Mae study found.

The way lenders need to submit payment information on certain student loans in order to calculate a borrower's monthly debt-to-income ratio is changing at Freddie Mac.