Practice and client management

Cities may be the top choice for millennials who rent apartments, but young homebuyers are moving in droves to the suburbs, where prices are lower and backyards are plentiful.

HomePlus Mortgage and Springleaf Financial Services were rated by LendingTree customers as the top lenders in their respective categories on the lead generation website's fourth-quarter survey.

We're counting down the list of this year's 300 Top Producers. Check out which loan officers made the cut in the next segment of the list!

We're counting down the list of this year's 300 Top Producers. Check out which loan officers made the cut in the sixth segment of the list!

We're counting down the list of this year's 300 Top Producers. Check out which loan officers made the cut in the next segment of the list!

We're counting down the list of this year's 300 Top Producers. Check out which loan officers made the cut in the next segment of the list!

We're counting down the list of this year's 300 Top Producers. Check out which loan officers made the cut in the third segment of the list!

Millennials and non-whites make the strongest association between owning a home and the American dream, according to a survey from Zillow.

We're counting down the list of this year's 300 Top Producers. Who made the second segment of the list?

We're counting down this year's Top Producers. Check out which loan officers made the cut in the first segment of the list!

The results of the 2016 Top Producers Survey reflect a year of booming business for loan officers, both in terms of the dollar volume and number of loans reported by each loan officer, as well as the tremendous response to the survey itself.

Citing rising cost and time constraints, PHH Corp. will stop internally building its retail originations business and instead focus on acquisitions and its joint venture with Realogy Corp., PHH Home Loans.

Rising home prices in hot housing markets are robbing buyers of a favorite pleasure: looking at pictures of homes they can't afford.

The inventory of homes for sale in the U.S. declined in January, while home prices continue to rise, according to Zillow.

Financial gyrations have kept long-term interest rates lower than expected and that could be good for the housing market.

The mismatch between demand for new homes and the supply threatens to drive up prices and dampen lending.

Millennials are on the verge of becoming the largest cohort of homebuyers. If lenders want to gain and retain their trust, they must start by recruiting a younger, more diverse and gender-balanced workforce.

Home equity portfolios have shrunk at banks, but credit unions and nonbank lenders like loanDepot helped fuel the surge in home equity lines last year.

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Ellie Mae earned $22.6 million as it recorded record revenue and the number of Encompass users grew by 25%.