Mortgages

HFF Inc. said the 2012 transaction volume of all of its operating partnerships exceeds $41 billion on more than 1,300 transactions across its capital market platforms.

California cities may use $1,000 daily fines to fight neighborhood blight and put locals to work.And it is not a legal loophole.

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development is keeping servicers of first-lien government insured loans on multifamily unit properties on a shorter leash.

The final qualified mortgage rule provides a wide exemption from the ability to repay underwriting standards when lenders refinance borrowers with hybrid ARMs, negative amortization loans and other toxic mortgages.

Ohio became the first state to enact a new law that creates less rigid licensing regulations for mortgage originators.

DebtX has signed a new five-year agreement with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. to sell assets held as receivership in the U.S. government corporation’s portfolio.

Home prices rose in December by over 11% year-over-year in the 19 markets tracked by real estate broker Redfin.

Like many other small business owners who survived the fiscal cliff fiasco, many small shops in the mortgage market are bracing for yet another government-induced crisis as early as mid-February when our national debt hits its ceiling.

There was an 18 basis point decline in commercial mortgage-backed security loan delinquency rates in December over November.

Wells Fargo reported a 10% decline in mortgage originations in the fourth quarter.

One vendor in a partnership that has been gearing up to offer industry clients access to the electronic signatures the Internal Revenue Service began allowing this week is finding those with smaller operations are moving the fastest.

Morgan Stanley and Bank or America priced a $1.23 billion commercial mortgage-backed securitization conduit, series 2013-C7 at strong levels.

Some attorneys who prey on vulnerable homeowners in need of a modification are in for a surprise from outraged peers who are trying to make these alleged fraudsters pay back for being a disgrace to their profession.

State Sen. Ron Calderon (D-Montebello) introduced a bill to protect hundreds of thousands of distressed Californians who are underwater on their mortgages from an unjust state tax.

A Mortgage Grapevine poster says his shop is due an audit from the New Jersey state regulators.

Chang Park cooperated with FBI investigators as part of a deal with the U.S. attorney's office.

GSF Mortgage named Chad Jampedro as new president of the company.

Industry groups may be disappointed with certain provisions in the final qualified mortgage rule but they are willing to work with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to make improvements.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is in the process of defining the details of a new $1 billion House New York Program.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has carved out a special exemption in the final qualified mortgage rule so that community banks and credit unions can continue to make balloon-payment loans in rural and underserved areas.