Mortgages

JPMorgan Chase said first-quarter profit fell 19% on lower revenue from fixed-income trading and mortgages, themes that may be repeated across Wall Street next week.

Mortgage lenders are retooling their approach to customer acquisition to increase business in a purchase-driven market.

Mortgage rates fell for the first time in three weeks, Freddie Mac said.

Commissioner Carole Galante says the Federal Housing Administration's insurance fund must be strengthened before insurance premiums can be reduced, but outlined alternatives to improve credit availability.

Jose Gonzalez, the first Hispanic president of a Federal Home Loan Bank, envisions eventually allowing new categories of lenders like REITs to join the system, but wants membership to stay as it is for now.

There is only one week remaining to submit a nomination for the 2014 Mortgage Technology Top 50 Service Providers.

The final deadline for nominations is 6 p.m. EDT Thursday, April 17, 2014.

Lenders are increasingly using the courts to foreclose on delinquent homeowners in states where it's not required to reduce the risk of falling afoul of new protections.

Originators need to stop waiting for something to happen and instead start going after new business.

everyone, including the underwriter, has an impact on customer experience and denying that means you are no closer to addressing it.

The Michigan company has pledged $1 million to help people buy homes in the Marygrove College neighborhood. Homeowners can get up to $25,000 and have $5,000 shaved off the balance each year they live there.

Mark Cohen took advantage of referral relationships built over 29 years, along with high demand for jumbo financing in Beverly Hills, to become 2013's top originator.

The USDA's Rural Housing Service is seeking congressional approve for a lender-funded update to its loan-guarantee program that will speed up loan processing.

Freddie Mac will soon add another automated review on the appraisal reports it receives through the Uniform Collateral Data Portal.

Refinances last week made up the lowest portion of mortgage activity since July 2009, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association's Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ended April 4.

Understanding concepts like customer lifetime value and customer acquisition costs will increase your marketing efforts return on investment.

The homebuilder's mortgage unit, which mostly serves new homebuyers, has acquired retail originator Pinnacle Mortgage as part of an effort to spread the mounting costs of compliance over more loans.

CoreLogic has agreed to add Equifax's the Work Number platform to Credco, its verification-of-employment service.

Stewart Title Co. has acquired quality control firm Wetzel Trott in a move to expand its origination and servicing audit and due diligence services.

Genworth Financial projected net profit will climb 29% this year at the Australian mortgage insurer that’s slated for an initial public offering.

Radian Group said Chief Executive Officer S.A. Ibrahim’s incentive compensation more than doubled last year as the mortgage insurer’s stock surged.