Mortgages

Late last spring, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of Quicken Loans regarding the payment of an unearned or excessive fee.

First American Financial Corp. had net income of $93 million for the fourth quarter and $301 million for the full year 2012.

Sales of previously owned homes edged up 0.4% in January from the prior month despite a dearth of properties for sale and rising prices.

There were almost 2 million fewer Americans underwater on their mortgage at the end of the fourth quarter compared with the same time in 2011.

Short sales and forgiveness of second liens continued to dominate relief efforts made by the top five banks as part of the national mortgage settlement.

The delinquency rate on single-family loans fell nearly 50 basis points during 2012 to the lowest level since 2008.

The average 30-year rate during the week ending Feb. 21 was up three basis points from the previous week.

Broadway Financial has unloaded a package of loans in an effort to boost its asset quality.

Toll Brothers tumbled the most in four years after reporting fiscal first-quarter earnings that trailed analyst estimates and projecting narrower margins.

The Federal Housing Administration will soon be launching a new loss mitigation waterfall to further emphasize its Home Affordable Modification Program in hopes of further reducing foreclosures.

Re/Max and RES.NET are forming a partnership in which the former’s real estate agents will get direct access to the latter’s recently upgraded agent portal.

The market reacted to the release of the minutes from the January meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee.

The seventh and final step in the Military Decision Making Process.

JPMorgan Chase & Co. is seeking to sell securities tied to new U.S. home loans without government backing in its first offering since the financial crisis that the debt helped trigger.

Organizations need to implement a change management office to help guide new initiatives and efforts.

Fitch Ratings agency recently affirmed Arch Capital's ratings and stable outlook.

A loan officer has posted on the Mortgage Grapevine seeking a loan for a commercial property, namely a gas station.

Visiting Dallas for the MBA servicing conference is particularly hard for me.

Mutual First Financial saw its mortgage volumes grow in 2012, a period during which it generated relative year-to-year gains in earnings.

Canadian existing-home sales rose for the first time in four months in January on gains in Toronto and Vancouver.