Mortgages

We're hearing if you think changes to the mortgage business in recent years have been jarring, you may want to fasten your seatbelt.

The next four markets on the OwnAmerica list are in Texas.

There were 14 of the 17 Mortgage Industry Equity Composite stocks which closed higher on the day.

Raffi Oghlian conspired to defraud financial institutions of nearly $2 million through a mortgage fraud scam that used phony documents and straw buyers to make illegal profits from the sale of overpriced townhomes.

One Grapevine poster has come across a problem in recent weeks involving Realtors and home valuations.

Freddie Mac is offering about $1.3 billion in K certificates in its 14th multifamily securities deal of this type for the year.

Radian Guaranty said it had more cured loans in August than new notices of delinquency reported during the month.

Altisource Residential Corp. agreed to acquire a $922 million portfolio of nonperforming loans for a purchase price of $537 million.

While 10.7 million residential homeowners nationwide owe at least 25% or more on their mortgages than their properties are worth, another 8.3 million homeowners are either slightly underwater or in positive equity.

A decline in the number of interest-only loan products available in the marketplace has contributed to the first drop in four months in the Mortgage Credit Availability Index.

The new FHA reverse mortgage rules will lead to more originations of variable-rate home equity conversion mortgages because of the restrictions on the first draw.

Higher home prices that are currently soaring in many parts of Florida have increased affordable housing demand pressing developers to take advantage of available resources.

With apologies to Don McLean, the day the subprime died.

We're hearing well-to-do jumbo borrowers are securing better mortgage rates than the average Joe getting a conventional loan from a Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac lender.

Iberiabank said that it will acquire six branches from Synovus, along with $131 million in loans and $205 million in deposits.

Bank of America can't be sued by unified groups of homeowners in different states over its failure to modify mortgages.

Between June 2012 and August 2013, the number of counties committing to e-recording increased by more than 25%.

Servicers have found obtaining liquidity for Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and Ginnie Mae servicing extremely challenging.

Servicers have found obtaining liquidity for Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and Ginnie Mae servicing extremely challenging.