Mortgages

The added clarity provided by the Federal Housing Administration's revised single-family handbook comes at the expense of lender flexibility to get loans qualified, including a popular workaround for borrowers with deferred student loan debt.

The housing recovery is still pushing through full-steam, according to CoreLogic's latest National Foreclosure Report.

Loan originations for commercial and multifamily properties rose in the third quarter, the Mortgage Bankers Association reported, backing up the group's projection from last month.

Freddie Mac has launched an auction of $1.2 billion of nonperforming loans, while Fannie Mae has announced the two winners of its recent auction of $1.24 billion of nonperforming loans.

Banks have added so much capital in the past several years that they're better protected from declines in real estate values than they were before the financial crisis.

D.R. Horton Inc., the largest U.S. homebuilder, jumped the most in nine months after reporting fiscal fourth-quarter earnings that rose 44% as sales increased.

Commercial real estate executives expect asset values and capital availability to stabilize next year, according to The Real Estate Roundtable's fourth-quarter Sentiment Index survey.

A proprietary loan origination system is the best way to stay ahead of compliance and organizational growth.

New York City officials announced plans for what may be Brooklyn's tallest building, a 600-foot office tower in the borough's downtown.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is pushing back against a lawsuit from PHH Corp. that claims the agency erred in overturning an administrative law judge's recommendation to limit the amount of penalties it could face.

Mixed views of the economy drove consumers' overall trust in the housing market down in October, according to Fannie Mae's Home Purchase Sentiment Index.

Amid an ongoing shift in pricing strategies in the private mortgage insurance market, Essent Group chairman and CEO Mark Casale is trying to show investors that aggressive pricing tactics aren't the only way PMI firms compete.

While regulatory pressures remain top of mind for the mortgage industry, lenders surveyed by National Mortgage News are shifting their attention from defensive-minded compliance initiatives to ones that improve companies' ability to compete.

Redwood Trust's fourth residential mortgage securitization of the year is backed entirely by 15-year, fixed-rate loans.

Clayton Homes reported a higher third-quarter profit on increased sales of its manufactured homes.

Jumbo loan securitizer Redwood Trust Inc. posted a sharp decline in profits in the third quarter driven by negative noninterest income.

Title insurers are bracing for a bumpy fourth quarter due to the CFPB's new mortgage disclosure rules. But the timing of the regulation might actually help get the short-term pains out of the way during what's typically a slower period of mortgage activity.

Profits on home sales reached their highest point in eight years in the third quarter despite a slowing-down of appreciation rates, according to RealtyTrac's U.S. Home Sales Report.

LendingTree stands to earn as much as $91.4 million based on its pricing for a common stock offering that is expected to close Nov. 12.

Nonbank mortgage lenders added 1,600 employees to their payrolls in September, which combined with revised August figures brought industry employment to its highest point in more than two years.