Mortgages

The $26 billion-asset company's earnings fell 4% from the third quarter and 95% from a year earlier, to $35.8 million.

The mortgage application is a wealth of information for originators to use to help develop referral relationships with clients.

The move will give the company a presence in Texas, where several mortgage servicers and originators are located.

A Santa Clara County Superior Court judge is making three major companies pay approximately $1.1 billion to remediate lead paint used in the interior of homes built before 1978.

But continued weakness among retailers could hurt stabilization down the road, the rating agency says.

The new tool enables loan originators to not only ensure the loans comply with CFPB requirements before the loan application enters the system, but also offers a detailed compliance worksheet for loan officers.

The Bureau hopes new rules will make it easier for service members to seek and receive help with their mortgages.

Nationstar, Ocwen, and Walters need to deploy excess cash flow and offset MSR runoff.

Price-to-rent ratios in San Francisco, for example, are up almost 25% since 2012 and near an all-time high. Also, national prices are 15% overvalued, “in real terms,” according to the company.

The deal worked out between the two officials will be used toward housing programs and helping anti-foreclosure programs.

Everyone engaged in generating revenue will benefit by making a complete process review.

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Even though the Dow gained 42 points on Friday, 12 of 17 Mortgage Industry Equity Composite stocks closed lower going into the three day weekend.

If wishes always come true, lots of mortgage lenders will be increasing their volumes of purchase mortgages this year. But Fed tapering and rising rates may spoil the party.

All six dealers included in the competitive auction process managed to win a portion, although the bulk was awarded to two shops, Barclays and Credit Suisse.

Columbia Business School Professor Christopher Mayer says he’s so convinced that reverse mortgages can be a cornerstone of responsible retirement planning that he’s gone into the business.

The third-biggest U.S. bank by assets is shuttering its default servicing operations in Hagerstown, Md., and Fort Mill, S.C.

Urban Institute researchers urge the agency to review its impact in 30 census tracks.

Standard & Poor’s expects $5 billion of mortgage servicer advance securitizations this year, down from 2013’s $6.5 billion.

Builders broke ground on fewer homes in December, especially in the West.