Mortgages

Private investors backing firms like RPM Mortgage are placing bets on lenders in the U.S. home loan business once dominated by Wall Street's largest banks.

Justices seem to struggle with what rescission actually means in practice and in the Truth-in-Lending Act.

Count Two Harbors Investment Corp. among investors looking for profits in riskier home loans — and expecting a market for bonds backed by them to re-emerge even with safer issuance showing limited signs of life.

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First Commonwealth Financial had avoided making home loans for roughly a decade before determining that it needed to add the products to compete more effectively against smaller banks. It added the product at a time when a number of other banks are scaling back.

The recent dip in mortgage rates isn't likely to spur a refi boom, but with the industry now into the fourth quarter of a tough year, many lenders are looking for ways to boost business.

JPMorgan began marketing another $402 million of securities backed by residential mortgages this week, adding to its robust pipeline of fourth-quarter deals.

Mortgage applications dropped for the second consecutive week as higher interest rates led to fewer refinancings.

In order to make homeownership more affordable, the FHFA should make sure that GSE guarantee fees fully recognize private mortgage insurance and restore the longstanding tax-deductible treatment of mortgage insurance premiums.

Some industry observers believe a CFPB pilot program may do what technology advances and e-commerce advocates have failed to accomplish for more than a decade: spark widespread adoption of e-closings.

United Guaranty Corp. reported higher third-quarter earnings compared to last year, due to a drop in first-lien claims.

He founded and owned Myers Internet Services, which at one time hosted over 8,500 websites for originators and real estate agents.

Mortgage credit availability dropped in October due to the removal of special loan programs pertaining to real estate owned sales, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

National home prices are continuing to rise from a year earlier, but the rate of growth is slowing down.

Is the regulator is looking to ban this channel or providing a road map to lenders on how to do things properly?

Industry veteran David Applegate will serve as CEO of Common Securitization Solutions LLC, the new firm co-owned by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to develop a common securitization platform for the mortgage secondary market.

During the past week, consumer and industry groups have lobbied the agency in different directions, with consumer groups arguing the agency did not go far enough and lenders saying it went too far in seeking more data from lenders.

Mortgage aggregators that paid billions of dollars in fines over faulty loans may soon play a new role: plaintiffs in their own lawsuits against originators.

Bill Cosgrove intends to make the return of the first-time homebuyer his primary focus as the new chairman of the Mortgage Bankers Association.

A rise in shorter-term refinances and lower cash-out volume has contributed to the rebound in home equity.