Mortgages

PennyMac formed the new division to provide multifamily and other commercial loans under $10 million.

Making some small changes to these metrics could quickly increase your number of loans closed.

Starwood Waypoint Priced its first securitization of single-family rental property, a $505 million deal backed by some of the oldest homes in this emerging asset class.

Investors should buy Assured Guaranty shares on the prospect that the bond insurer acquires a unit from mortgage guarantor Radian Group, analysts from Macquarie Group said.

Six years after a global financial crisis exacerbated by the lack of transparency in the market for U.S. mortgage debt, regulators are planning only a small step toward offering the public more information on trading.

The days of megadeals worth tens of billions of dollars for mortgage servicing rights are over.

Increased fixed costs and poor business intelligence are hurting independent mortgage bankers' bottom lines.

Hiring by nonbank mortgage lenders slowed in October after adding 2,900 new workers to their payrolls in the prior month.

Borrowers who have made five years of payments on their modified loans will be eligible to earn $5,000 in the next year to reduce their outstanding balance.

Zillow research shows entrepreneurs get fewer loan quotes than salaried workers despite higher incomes.

It is critical for all originators to have a vendor management plan to mitigate their risk and to comply with state, federal and local laws.

Profits from originating mortgages dipped during the third quarter, with independent mortgage banks and mortgage subsidiaries of banks reporting an average gain of $897, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

Principal reductions for underwater borrowers would cost approximately $89 billion, according to Black Knight.

Mortgage rates for 30-year loans fell for a fourth week, reducing borrowing costs to the lowest level in a year and a half.

After 20 years in the business, Bliss Sawyer shares some observations about originating mortgages that she learned over time.

One in five U.S. housing markets are now less affordable than their historic average as price gains outpace income growth from New York to San Francisco.

The Federal Housing Finance Administration has advised private mortgage insurers that it will delay the release of revised capital standards.

Here is a checklist of important items in order to get a report approved in record time.

A controversial legal theory on discrimination threatens to disrupt consumer lending and poses a potential liability for anyone securitizing these loans.

If banks finally start loosening up mortgage lending standards, will credit unions' hard-won market share take a hit?