Mortgages

Shorter attention spans might be the upshot of the growth in social media usage and you must adjust your sales skills accordingly.

Sales staff management is not rocket science.

Buyers of non-owner occupied properties need financing too.

Mortgage originators can learn from what the owner of this small town drug store did.

There are advantages to the buyer and seller making sure the mortgage contingency remains in the sales contract.

Analyze your mission, break it apart and identify necessary actions.

The Attorney Generals in Arizona and California are pursuing loan modification fraud cases.

Fidelity National Financial Inc., Jacksonville, Fla., this week priced a $400 million offering of 10-year notes that yield 5.564% in 2022.

Roughly 400,000 fewer U.S. homeowners saw their mortgage fall into underwater status in the second quarter.

CMG Mortgage, a national wholesale lender, said it is temporarily suspending production of HARP 2.0 loans through loan brokers because of problems associated with long turn times.

The average 30-year fixed-rate mortgage continued its slow increase during the week ending Aug. 23, rising four basis points to 3.66%.

Lately, we’re hearing way too many stories about mortgage firms turning away business and temporarily scaling back loan channels because they’re too swamped with applications.

Minutes from a recent Federal Open Market Committee meeting show Federal Reserve officials leaning toward taking more steps to artificially lower long-term rates.

Chase, Bank of America, Citigroup, Wells Fargo and Ally Financial have been sending mass mailings this year to thousands of distressed homeowners offering refinances, principal reductions and other forms of relief to comply with the national mortgage settlement signed in March.

The Federal Housing Finance Agency is expected to issue loan buyback guidance by late September—or even earlier—that could spell relief for seller/servicers depending on how many caveats are attached to the language.

The multifamily market has benefited from strong demand for apartments and rising rents, but tenants are starting to push back when landlords get too aggressive on prices.

Fannie Mae is tightening its underwriting standards on adjustable rate mortgages, which accounted for just 4% of the GSE’s total loan purchases in the second quarter.

To be successful in the mortgage sales business, you need to remain healthy.

Exploring five unique mortgage lending markets shows that while other countries have unique characteristics, there are also many similarities to the U.S.

When it comes to a government-centered society and its deleterious consequences, our Government Mortgage Complex is the undisputed poster child.