Mortgages

The CFPB is working on a real estate issue that gets to the core of its purpose: transparency and better disclosures of costly loan process fees.

It is widely recognized throughout the industry that short sale completions are increasing.

A consultant with Potomac Partners told National Mortgage News that the "System for Award Management" seems to be running a bit better.

Capacity constraints and issues with cross-servicer refinances remain significant challenges to the Home Affordable Refinance Program.

The FHA has embarked on a desperate attempt to raise capital through settlements with major banks, sales of severely delinquent loans and higher insurance premiums on new borrowers.

Two California business partners were sentenced last week to serve prison terms for operating a mortgage fraud scheme in 2006 to 2007.

Yes, the Wisconsin Republican opposed Dodd-Frank and supports the limited government that many bankers crave. But he'll also help harden the views of an electorate that's already leaning Obama's way.

Pacific Mercantile Bancorp, Costa Mesa, Calif., will exit the wholesale mortgage business.

Impac Mortgage Holdings, Irvine, Calif., expects to post a profit when it reports second quarter earnings on Wednesday, and continues to expand its lending and servicing operations, the company said in a recent SEC filing.

A trio of sales trainers speaking at the California Association of Mortgage Professionals conference provided useful hints for mortgage originators to adopt.

With the announcement of six new towers to be built in Hollywood, the number of high-rise condominium buildings now planned for South Florida now totals 56, according to the latest count by CondoVultues.

A General Services Administration website that FHA lenders must check before approving loans crashed Monday and has been down most of the week, delaying mortgage closings, National Mortgage News has learned.

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. sued banks including JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Citigroup Inc. over $388 million in securities sold to Colonial Bank.

Consumer advocates and financial services industry officials clashed Thursday over whether banks and insurers are getting paid fairly in the force-placed insurance market.

Lenders of all sizes are looking into becoming servicers, bringing us full circle back to the days when virtually every lender serviced their own loans.

It’s (almost) late summer and what better time to throw out a ‘loose ends’ blog on several story leads, ideas, and thoughts that have been knocking around my head (and inbox) of late.

In July workouts outnumbered new delinquencies among securitized commercial property loans of all types leading to a 14 basis point decrease in the CMBS delinquency index, according to Fitch Ratings.

Home prices are rising again due to the slowdown in REO sales and a decline in the shadow inventory of seriously delinquent loans hanging over the housing market, according to experts.

The judges of the Mortgage Technology Awards have selected this year's finalists. Watch to see who will contend for 11 of the award categories.

Liberal groups on Thursday ratcheted up their pressure on the Obama Administration to respond more forcefully to the foreclosure crisi