Mortgages

The mortgage industry typically takes a conservative approach to employees promoting their personal brands. But it's time for lenders to take a lesson from the presidential hopefuls who have gained an upper hand by playing up their individual brands.

Purchases of new homes rebounded in July, bolstering signs the real estate market is picking up.

CMBS primary issuance won't pick up again until September, according to Barclays.

Freddie Mac announced last week that it will guarantee its second series of SB Certificates, which are backed by multifamily small-balance loans underwritten by Freddie Mac and issued by a third-party trust.

The global market turmoil could be good for mortgage lenders if a further drop in long-term interest rates sparks another refinancing wave. It also could spell trouble for those that have not properly hedged their servicing rights.

Parkside Lending has introduced jumbo mortgages for properties with loan-to-value ratios as high as 95% and without mortgage insurance.

Home prices rose 0.9% from May to June, according to Black Knight Financial Services' Home Price Index. Prices rose 5.1% compared to a year ago.

Blackstone Group has acquired a majority stake in the parent company of nonbank mortgage lender Stearns Lending.

BlackRock Inc. is the latest company planning to finance investors who buy single-family homes, capitalizing on soaring rental demand as the homeownership rate sits at a five-decade low.

Treasuries are proving to be investors' main destination in a global scramble for safety, pushing 10-year yields below 2% for the first time in four months.

Heightened compliance concerns are forcing some lenders to consider offering themselves for acquisition, but this strategy can only be successful with a highly calculated and deliberate approach.

Mortgage Master's Stephen Campbell and his assistant have complementary styles and that enables them to develop unique solutions to meet client needs.

The mortgage industry completed 411,000 loan modifications in the second quarter that did not involve a foreclosure, a 7% decline from the previous quarter, according to the Hope Now organization.

A Virginia woman has pleaded guilty to leading a mortgage-fraud ring that victimized hundreds of Hispanic residents in the northern part of the state and caused millions of dollars in losses for lenders.

Nothing touches off an argument more than questions about whether the CFPB will allow any marketing services agreements to continue. Some mortgage lenders say no and are winding down their agreements, others insist regulators can be satisfied, and still others are just plain confused.

The inventory of loans in foreclosure fell 24% in July to a rate of 1.4%, compared to a year earlier, Black Knight reported.

Many Californians who earn the median household income for their area cannot afford to buy a house where they work, the California Association of Realtors said.

There's nothing like a natural disaster to make people realize how important insurance is to the banking industry.

Mortgage professional hiring and new job appointments for the week ending Aug. 21.

Homebuyers may be missing out on a wide range of programs that can help them afford their purchases — programs their agents either don't know about or don't want to bother with.