Mortgages

HF2 Financial Management in Denver is acquiring a majority equity interest in ZAIS Group, a specialty investment management firm.

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are charging excessive loan fees, according to some industry groups, who claim it is time to stop overcharging borrowers who use conventional financing to buy a home.

Housing starts slumped in August after reaching the highest level in almost seven years, pointing to an uneven pickup in the residential real estate market that will limit its contribution to economic growth.

Mortgage rates jumped to a four-month high, increasing home-loan costs as the economy shows signs of strengthening.

Caliber Home Loans in Irving, Texas, has agreed to buy Cobalt Mortgage in Kirkland, Wash.

A bill introduced in the House Financial Services Committee would eliminate appraisal requirements established by the Dodd-Frank Act for certain higher-risk mortgages when lenders hold the loans in portfolio for at least three years.

Post-crisis developments put a lot of underperforming loans in the hands of a small number of servicers. Increased regulation and the need for specialized skills drove banks out of the business.

FormFree Holdings, an Atlanta-based provider of borrower asset verifications, is integrating its AccountChek software into Ellie Mae's Encompass mortgage management solution.

The 2014 Mortgage Technology Awards are 15 years in the making and continue a long tradition of honoring the best and brightest industry innovators.

California is planning to sell $110 million of veterans general obligation bonds in a competitive offering Thursday.

Lennar Corp., the second-biggest homebuilder by stock-market value, reported fiscal third-quarter earnings that beat analysts' estimates as it sold more homes at higher prices.

Confidence among homebuilders rose in September to a nine-year high, showing the industry is gaining ground and will be a source of momentum for the economy.

Mortgage applications rebounded a week following the Labor Day holiday even as interest rates increased to their highest level since June.

Banks and mortgage lenders may have received too much relief from loan buybacks, putting taxpayers at greater risk for losses, according to a Federal Housing Finance Agency inspector general's report.

U.S. Bank in Minneapolis will pay nearly $11,500 to a Native American couple in North Dakota to settle a lending-discrimination complaint with the Department of Housing and Urban Development.

In his first major policy speech as the new housing secretary, Julian Castro voiced support for a Senate bill to reform housing finance and said policymakers should "remove the stigma associated with promoting homeownership."

Citigroup Inc., Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs Group Inc. are among 13 banks whose units were sued for $1.15 billion by the state of Virginia, over claims they misled its retirement system about the sale of residential mortgage-backed securities.

The nation's youngest adults will spend more than $2 trillion in the next several years on rent and mortgage loans, according to a recent report by The Demand Institute.

Altisource, a mortgage technology company in Luxembourg, has completed its acquisition of Mortgage Builder, a loan origination software firm in Southfield, Mich.

The Federal Housing Finance Agency's plan to restrict membership to the Federal Home Loan Bank System could cost lenders hundreds of billions in mortgage funding, according to the CEO of the Chicago FHLB.