Mortgages

Ocwen Financial Corp., one of the biggest U.S. mortgage servicers, fell the most ever after a newspaper reported that California is seeking to suspend its license.

Paying attention to detail is important in the mortgage industry but being a control freak could damage your productivity.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is launching a toolkit on Tuesday that will help consumers shop for a mortgage by finding the best rates in their area based on data the agency gathers from lenders.

Freddie Mac in the next month plans to approve three more lenders, including one bank, to make multifamily loans between $1 million and $5 million for GSE purchase and securitization, according to an official. Banks were not initially courted.

Senior citizens have more equity in their homes than at any period since the financial crisis, according to the National Reverse Mortgage Lenders Association.

Industrywide standards of best practices are a topic that deserves consideration by everyone involved. We should prove that common sense still can prevail.

Lenders should ensure they are not paying for referrals prohibited by the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act when they purchase these from another company. Here's one way they can.

Lenders need to use nontraditional means of measuring a borrower's likelihood of default.

There remains a clear difference in the housing recovery among home price tiers, according to the November Mortgage Monitor from Black Knight Financial Services.

The Multifamily Lenders Council, a trade group representing companies that originate and service Federal Housing Administration-insured multifamily mortgages, states President Obama isn't doing enough to assist affordable rental housing.

As we enter the new year, there is a real possibility that we'll be saying good-bye to historically low interest rates and the refinance business that has sustained many firms.

MGIC Investment Corp. said on Friday that its delinquent inventory dropped slightly in December compared to a month earlier.

With commercial real estate lenders continuing to slowly relax their underwriting standards, CMBS investors can't overlook the corresponding rise in risk.

Nonbank mortgage lenders added 3,800 new workers to their payrolls in November amid new proposals to offer low down payment conventional loans being announced.

FirstKey Mortgage, an entity linked to Cerberus Capital Management, is planning a securitization of reperforming residential mortgages, according to Fitch Ratings.

Simplified has launched an ordering platform that delivers settlement services to lenders.

By targeting construction lending, 1st Financial Bank USA aims to expand beyond its hefty concentration in credit card loans while entering a business segment that has shrunk mightily since the financial crisis

The price of loans securing commercial mortgage-backed securities increased in November, according to DebtX.

Impac Mortgage Corp., a subsidiary of Impac Mortgage Holdings Inc., will acquire the mortgage operations of CashCall Inc., a consumer direct mortgage originator.

Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julian Castro moved swiftly on Thursday to defend pending cuts to the Federal Housing Administration's premiums, rebutting GOP arguments they are premature.