Mortgages

White Mountains Insurance Group has agreed to provide up to $13 million in capital to OneTitle National Guaranty Co. in exchange for a minority equity position.

Bolstered by higher originations, Freddie Mac reported Tuesday that net income was $524 million for the first quarter, up from $227 million a quarter earlier.

The risk of mortgage lenders being victimized by fraud increased during the first quarter as economic conditions nationwide shift, according to a report from Interthinx.

Home prices, including distressed sales, rose year-over-year by 5.9% in March, according to CoreLogic.

Appraisal management company Solidifi has acquired national loan settlement services provider Southwest Financial Services.

For all the talk about an economic and housing recovery, homeownership remains out of reach for a third of Americans, a new report from Zillow found.

The silver lining of the market crash was a unique opportunity for non-legislative reform that would not have otherwise come to bear.

The share of owner-occupant single-family home and condo buyers fell to a new low, according to RealtyTrac.

Although mortgage servicers technically work for the investors that pay them, the state of the business today requires that they make consumers front-and-center in their operations.

March featured the largest monthly decline in the mortgage delinquency rate in nine years, according to Black Knight Financial Services.

Wes Edens, a co-owner of the Milwaukee Bucks, has shot his share of air balls at his private-equity firm Fortress Investment Group. With mortgage assets, Edens has found his mark.

The Department of Housing and Urban Development has rescinded a policy designed to help certain widowed spouses of reverse mortgage borrowers avoid foreclosure.

Staying out of trouble with a federal regulator is a great reason to take customer satisfaction seriously, but you should pay attention to customer satisfaction for business development reasons.

Banks want all loans held in portfolio to be classified as ultrasafe regardless of the underwriting characteristics or of a bank's asset size. But consumer activists and independent mortgage lenders are raising red flags ahead of possible Senate Banking action.

Continuing its strong performance from the previous quarter, LendingTree reported record revenue in both its mortgage and non-mortgage lead generation business for the first quarter.

Ocwen Financial's shares jumped 19% to more than $10 a share as of late morning Friday, the day after it reported a first-quarter profit and highlighted an expansion into mortgage lending.

Mortgage professional hiring and new job appointments for the week ending May 1.

The troubled Atlanta mortgage servicer's independent auditor has again delayed its 2014 financial results and has raised questions about the firm's viability, CEO Ron Faris said after Ocwen reported a steep earnings drop.

Ellie Mae reported net income of $3.6 million for the first quarter, up 350% from the same period a year ago.

WASHINGTON — Federal banking regulators are putting pressure on a dozen or more states to begin regulating appraisal management companies within their borders.