Mortgages

The pace of home price appreciation during the third quarter of 2013 was only half during the second quarter.

Investors' appetite for home loan guarantors is climbing as the U.S. property market rebounds at the fastest pace in seven years and the government retreats from backing mortgages.

Shellpoint Partners LLC's second sale of U.S. home-loan securities bonds without government backing are now tied to $250 million of loans. The issuer had earlier called for the deal to be backed by $308 million of loans.

Home Loan Servicing Solutions attributes a nearly 50% increase in the unpaid principal balance of its mortgage loan portfolio to completing the acquisition of Ocwen assets on July 1.

Mortgage Master and Washington Federal each had data errors in their 2011 reports.

Four Mortgage Industry Equity Composite stocks closed lower on Thursday.

Lenders and investors can breathe a little easier now that the IRS is verifying borrower’s income.

TDB is adding staff at a time when competitors are reducing their size.

A report by Re/Max shows housing recovery is losing momentum and prices are adjusting accordingly.

Now that the shutdown is over, the Mortgage Grapevine is discussing which party has the most blame for what happened.

It is becoming more and more common and the fun starts when the financial assistance from parents is attempted to be combined with a traditional mortgage.

Increasing home prices over the past 18 months combined with decreasing foreclosures have led to a slowdown in the number of properties flipped.

Industry concerns about the proposed QM definition are now being bolstered by empirical evidence that confirms what many in the industry have suspected all along.

In finalizing the qualified mortgage rule, the CFPB carved out a special exemption for loans originated for state housing finance agencies.

The Atlanta-based company plans to cut 800 positions nationwide in response to diminished mortgage refinancing activity and overall market conditions.

A loan for the Peter Cooper Village/Stuyvesant Town complex in New York contributed to three Commercial Mortgage Trust certificates being downgraded.

Long-term rate-indicators dipped lower at the outset Thursday as a federal budget impasse that had put upward pressure on rates ended.

BB&T reported flat mortgage banking income and flat originations for the third quarter.

The economic recovery faces a challenge in January when new mortgage rules threaten to derail credit to prospective borrowers with blemished credit, industry insiders warn.

The company has cut 5,700 positions so far since midyear.