Mortgages

When it comes to possible new competitors in the secondary market, the heads of the two current outlets more than welcomed the possibility of additional players in their space because of housing finance reform.

Ginnie Mae is looking for input on its proposed guidelines for electronic promissory notes and other mortgage documents that it plans to test through a digital collateral pilot.

Fewer people are lying when buying or selling a home in South Florida.

The regulator of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac discussed steps the companies have already taken to limit their risk, as well as efforts to prevent housing market “overlap” with the FHA.

The once-popular loan Americans use to finance home renovations and college tuition is slowly dying, slashing a lucrative source of revenue for the nation's largest banks.

While more than a dozen local residential districts have had fewer home purchases this year, many Dallas-area neighborhoods are seeing a rise in purchases as home loan interest rates have fallen.

PointPredictive has rolled out IncomePASS, which uses machine learning technology to determine if the borrower's income as stated on the application is realistic.

Warriors guard Jacob Evans' welcome-to-San Francisco moment came in late August.

The acquisition of the Ditech forward mortgage business will double New Residential's year-to-date origination volume in the fourth quarter alone, and further double that next year.

The median price of houses sold in Palm Beach County, Fla., last month was $355,000, a figure that has barely budged in recent months.

It's the time of year when most of us look forward to the spookiness of Halloween, and of course, haunted houses.

Mortgage industry hiring and new job appointments for the week ending Oct. 25.

Denver beat out Salt Lake City to snag another technology firm looking to escape the Bay Area's escalating costs.

First-lien, prime residential mortgages are securing the Visio 2019-2 Trust, which will raise $202,682,000 from the market, and which has collateral that was funded by the Mortgage Pass-Through Notes, Series 2019.

The median value in the housing market shot to an all-time high between July and September, adding to affordability concerns, according to Attom Data Solutions.

The government-sponsored enterprises are moving ahead with a new mortgage application that omits a previously planned language question, but are looking to serve limited English proficiency borrowers in another way.

The latest round of earnings reports from home lending businesses and vendors continue the positive vibe for the sector as most reported year-over-year improvement in profitability.

Sales of new homes eased and prices continued their downward trend, suggesting the momentum in the sector may be slowing despite low mortgage rates and steady wage gains.

Economic uncertainty continued to affect mortgage rates, which rose to their highest level in 12 weeks, according to Freddie Mac.