Mortgages

Lenders must ensure that compliance and risk management teams are fully staffed and supported at the highest levels of the organization, writes the director of technology product management at Wolters Kluwer.

The nation's most flood-prone counties experienced a net influx of about 400,000 people in 2021 and 2022, Redfin found.

Housing finance organizations argue that these companies are relatively small, and allowing other agencies to be the first line of defense has worked.

Borrowers in the $1.4 billion Marcus portfolio could be mined for first-time home buyer leads, a BTIG report speculated.

The uptick in loans 30-to-60 days past due was offset by a continued, significant decline in mortgages 90 days or more past due which aren't in foreclosure.

Plaintiffs accuse the NAR and the multiple listing services of antitrust violations because of rules around shared broker compensation fees.

Rising interest rates during June worked to hold potential new homebuyers out of the market, the Mortgage Bankers Association's Builder Application Survey found.

As affordability worsened for prospective buyers, owners saw their first quarterly rise in proceeds in almost a year.

Contract closings declined 3.3% to a 4.16 million annualized pace, roughly in line with economists' forecasts, National Association of Realtors data showed Thursday.

The proposed legislation would automate access to information and require faster responses to requests for title status that have been a longstanding concern.

The company continues to retrench and refocus as it looks to become profitable from its original aims after it first became public in July 2021.

The 30-year fixed, which was threatening going above 7% again according to Freddie Mac data, was 18 basis points lower this week.

MSRs already get very punitive treatment relative to other assets and regulatory reform following the banking crisis could increase it, according to some analysts.

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Even as some observers are reducing their expectations for an economic downturn, the government-sponsored enterprise changed the expected time frame that one could occur.

Declining rates contributed to a surge in refinances, but a sluggish market is capping purchase activity, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

If the Supreme Court strikes down CFPB regulations by ruling against the constitutionality of the agency's structure, technological innovation will be harder for banks to achieve as regulatory clarity moves further out of reach.

Residential starts fell 8% last month to a 1.43 million annualized rate, according to government data released Wednesday.