Mortgages

CoreLogic predicts the mortgage industry will originate between $1.45 trillion and $1.55 trillion this year.

Following a relatively stable fourth quarter of 2012 the U.S. CMBS delinquency rate fell 14 basis points to 9.57%.

The 90-day foreclosure moratorium applies to homeowners who live in nine states and the District of Colombia where the president issued major disaster declarations.

Housing realities appear to contradict the popular belief that older homeowners can downsize a home to make the mortgage loan and living costs more affordable.

The district attorneys in three California counties sued over the use of the Transaction Point system.

We're hearing the controversial idea that downpayment assistance can be a financially sound endeavor apparently is not dead.

Freddie Mac’s latest weekly survey finds the 30-year rate rising above 3.5% for the first time since Sept. 13, 2012.

The private mortgage insurers are accepting Loan Prospector or Desktop Underwriter approval for their own underwriting.

The Treasury Department and members of Congress are preparing to move forward with plans to expand government-backed refinancing programs to underwater homeowners whose loans are packaged in private-label securities.

There are more than 1 million fewer consumers nationwide whose credit scores are considered subprime as of Sept. 30, 2012 from the same day one year prior.

The members of the Mortgage Insurance Cos. of America had their third best month of 2012 in terms of new insurance written during December.

We’ve heard many times that the true cause of the mortgage crisis was government meddling in the market to ensure lending to low-income and minority applicants who couldn’t pay it back.

Foreclosure activity increased last year in more than half of the nation’s metropolitan statistical areas with a population of at least 200,000.

CreXus has agreed to let Annaly Capital Management acquire the rest of the outstanding shares of the company it does not already own for $13 per share in cash.

Lender Processing Services has agreed to pay 44 states and the District of Columbia $121 million to settle claims of unlawful foreclosure practices.

At least 2% of 2012 loans would be considered non-QM loans under the final qualified mortgage rule that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued on Jan. 10.

The House Financial Services Committee will hold two hearings on the financial condition of the Federal Housing Administration single-family program.

The HECM Saver will be the only fixed-rate reverse mortgage product available to seniors starting April 1, according to the Federal Housing Administration.

D.R. Horton plans to offer and sell two types of senior unsecured notes totaling in aggregate several hundred million dollars.

Arbor Commercial Mortgage has gotten the go-ahead to participate in the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Low-Income Housing Tax Credit pilot program.