Mortgages

Only one Mortgage Industry Equity Composite stock closed higher on Tuesday.

Mortgage firm PHH Corp. is considering a plan to split and sell its mortgage and auto fleet leasing businesses.

The Federal Housing Administration will be selling 29,000 nonperforming loans totaling $5 billion before Thanksgiving in three separate sales.

Low interest rates and fierce competition for loans will drive down third-quarter earnings at most large banks.

Radian Guaranty’s inventory of delinquent mortgage loans declined by less than 1% in September, after seeing approximately 15% of the loans being removed in August.

For the second month in a row, there is less mortgage credit available to consumers as there are fewer loan products being offered with terms of longer than 30 years.

Consumer delinquency rates rose slightly in the second quarter but remain at historic lows, according to the American Bankers Association.

A group of mortgage-bond investors urged the U.S. attorney general not to let banks saddle them with costs by pledging relief for borrowers to settle U.S. investigations.

The GSE regulator should defer to Congress before taking any steps to reduce the Fannie Mae and Freddie loans limits.

The total number of homes actually lost to foreclosure fell in August compared to last year.

Freddie Mac seller/servicers can still close and deliver mortgages if the borrower is temporarily out of work or not receiving a paycheck because of the government shutdown.

Using technology is important for the monitoring of an appraiser from the time he or she starts working for an originator.

Madison Realty Capital has purchased seven loans from Capital One, totaling $24.5 million.

Only three Mortgage Industry Equity Composite stocks closed higher on Monday, as the markets were pessimistic on Shutdown Day 7.

With all of the consumer privacy laws on the books, both at a federal and state level, one poster raises a very interesting question.

The former San Juan bioenergy facility, a five-acre oil seed crush plant in Dove Creek, Colo., will sell at a lender-ordered auction on Oct. 8 by Maas Companies.

Mortgages may be a vital growth product for credit unions, but are not a sector of the financial services market to be entered into lightly.

We're hearing the “new urbanism” may change the underwriting for home loans, especially if millennials maintain their preference for city living.

State housing finance agencies and their mortgage programs are being affected by the federal government shutdown that is making it more difficult for lenders to verify borrowers’ income and Social Security numbers.

One issue at the American Credit Union Mortgage Association's recent annual conference in Las Vegas seemed especially relevant: When it comes to mortgages, where do credit unions go from here?