Mortgages

Rating actions taken by Moody's Investors Service on tranches issued by RASC in 2005 and valued at $1 billion in vintage loans indicate overall improvement in performance.

A loan officer posted a scenario on the Mortgage Grapevine looking for a hard-money loan to refinance a single-family home.

Popular Inc. is selling a portfolio that has an unpaid principal balance on loans and appraised value of other REO of more than $1 million, while the book value is $568 million.

Distressed asset management and loss mitigation services provider Green River Capital LLC has launched a surveillance division to address credit risks surrounding the rapidly expanding REO-to-rental market.

Assumable loans are offered by the Federal Housing Administration and can be a difference maker for your business.

Rep. Patrick McHenry was surprised to hear that the director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau would be advising credit unions to make non-QM loans.

Fannie Mae’s Servicer Total Achievement and Rewards program gave servicers a passing grade for improvements in the delivery of home retention solutions in 2012.

SunTrust is looking forward to a housing recovery bolstering its fortunes.

We're hearing you can connect the dots between any two things in the universe, like the mortgage business and Hollywood.

American International Group is entering the residential whole loan purchase business through a new business unit, Connective Mortgage Advisory Co.

Increased demand from foreigners buying residential properties in the United States is catching the attention of some mortgage lenders.

Mortgage application volume increased 14.8% on a seasonally adjusted basis for the week ended March 1.

The Federal Housing Administration is selling nearly 12,500 nonpreforming loans totaling $2.23 billion on March 20.

The best two performing stocks in the Mortgage Industry Equity Composite on Tuesday were once again mortgage insurance industry competitors MGIC Investment Corp. and the Radian Group.

A New York loan broker was indicted for conspiring to defraud 350 financially capable customers of $1.2 million.

The Federal Housing Finance Agency’s latest plan for a single mortgage-backed securities platform will not have any short- or medium-term effects on government-sponsored enterprise securities.

These laws will force our industry to get a backbone and ask the tough questions, and not assume our kids can do no wrong.

Massachusetts foreclosure activity fell dramatically through January due to double-digit decreases in both starts and completed foreclosures.

Mark Cohen, with volume of $503 million has moved into the top spot with just days left to report production volume.

RonnieMTG25 commented on the Mortgage Grapevine that he read an email where the average age of a New Jersey loan officer is in the mid-50s.