Mortgages

American farmers who expanded production using rented land during the commodity boom a few years ago are now struggling to repay loans.

Small-business lenders are scrambling for financing to accommodate a possible real-estate-related borrowing surge once a key federal rule change takes effect next week.

Open Mortgage, a multichannel lender based in Austin, Texas, has been approved as a Fannie Mae seller.

Consumers expect home prices to increase 3.2% over the next year, according to a recent Federal Reserve Bank of New York's survey.

Longstanding mortgage advertising rules are taking on new meaning in the age of digital marketing.

The returns on private commercial mortgage investments held by life insurance companies are on the rise, according to the LifeComps Commercial Mortgage Index.

A Bipartisan Policy Center commission tasked with addressing the issues related to retirement security and savings that older Americans face called for the creation of a pool for low-dollar reverse mortgage loans.

ICBA Mortgage has expanded its relationship with DH Corp. to offer Independent Community Bankers of America members access to the MortgageBot loan origination system.

Mortgage professional hiring and new job appointments for the week ending June 10.

Caliber Home Loans is marketing a residential mortgage-backed securitization mainly backed by nonprime loans, called COLT 2016-1 Mortgage Loan Trust.

An executive from Regions Financial said recently that his bank plans to pad fee income by expanding into syndication of low-income housing credits. The comment shed light on an increasingly competitive business — and reminded the world again how eager banks are for even incremental boosts to revenue.

Down payment assistance programs can save homebuyers an average of $17,766 during the life of a loan, according to a joint report from RealtyTrac and Down Payment Resource.

Walter Investment Management Corp. has named financial services veteran George Awad to the posts of executive chairman and interim chief executive as current CEO Denmar Dixon announced his resignation.

There were more than a million homeowners whose properties exited negative equity status over the past year, with the potential for another million to do so if home prices continue to rise, according to CoreLogic.

Mortgage rates were lower this week after the May employment report came in well below expectations, according to Freddie Mac.

Formal guidance from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau about investors' liability for errors on the upfront Loan Estimate disclosure could go a long way toward easing secondary market anxieties about purchasing mortgages with TRID errors.

The National Association of Realtors has called on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to make changes to the TILA-RESPA integrated disclosures' post-consummation timelines to provide more lenders wiggle room for rectifying errors.

The Department of Housing and Urban Development has reached an agreement with First-Citizens Bank & Trust Co. in Raleigh, N.C., to settle alleged fair lending violations.

While negative equity rates continue to drop nationally from their 2012 peak, the share of homeowners underwater in the Rust Belt remains elevated, according to Zillow.

Despite financial obstacles and lifestyle choices that can delay the journey to homeownership, millennials are buying homes in these affordable metro areas with steady job growth.