Mortgages

Millennials and non-whites make the strongest association between owning a home and the American dream, according to a survey from Zillow.

Whether it's an intentional bait-and-switch or a misunderstanding on the originator's part about compliance requirements, here are seven things lenders should be careful not to misrepresent when communicating with borrowers.

Mortgage applications dropped during the week ending Feb. 26 as refinance activity fell to its lowest level since January, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

We're counting down the list of this year's 300 Top Producers. Who made the second segment of the list?

Lenders ready to court millennials as potential clients, and employees, can find common ground more easily than they might assume.

Freddie Mac has released a new Web tool aimed at servicers.

Bankers are still grappling with vendor software problems, longer processing times and delays in mortgage closings as a result of new disclosures that went into effect four months ago, according to a new survey by the American Bankers Association.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau should provide independent mortgage lenders with clear guidance on how to comply with rules and confirm that good-faith compliance with the bureau's directives will not result in enforcement actions and financial penalties

The mortgage servicer said it has received a letter from the Securities and Exchange Commission regarding its fees for handling distressed loans and properties.

Warehouse lenders dramatically expanded the amount of credit they were willing to extend in 2015, accommodating a noted increase in originator demand, according to The Reynolds Group's annual warehouse lending survey.

We're counting down this year's Top Producers. Check out which loan officers made the cut in the first segment of the list!

The results of the 2016 Top Producers Survey reflect a year of booming business for loan officers, both in terms of the dollar volume and number of loans reported by each loan officer, as well as the tremendous response to the survey itself.

Freddie Mac has expanded the amount of ongoing loan-level data it discloses about mortgages it insures in an effort to boost appetite for reinsurance.

CIT Group, the commercial lender run by John Thain, found a material weakness in the accounting of a mortgage business, causing the company to delay the filing of its annual report to the Securities and Exchange Commission.

The market for U.S. mortgage securities without government backing, virtually frozen since the financial crisis that it helped trigger, may get a boost from some of the biggest bond funds on Wall Street.

Home prices rose 6.9% in January compared to a year ago, according to CoreLogic.

Ocwen Financial Corp. and Walter Investment Management Corp. both recorded full-year losses in 2015, though that is where comparisons between the two companies cease.

New services seek to replace lender processes that often involve manually updated spreadsheets and other efforts pieced together to meet steepening regulatory requirements for vendor management.

Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance has agreed to acquire Apollo Residential Mortgage.

Attorneys Title Agency has acquired the direct operations of Stewart Title in Michigan.