Practice and client management

The pandemic has upended staffing plans, sparked concerns about servicers’ capacity to handle the expected crush of missed payments, and even raised questions about their ability to stay afloat.

Mortgage real estate investment trusts are taking stock of their financial ability to respond to market shocks and other concerns stemming from the coronavirus.

The actions include cutting the federal funds rate to between 0% and 0.25% and other steps to ease economic stress from the spread of the coronavirus.

The Conference of State Bank Supervisors on Friday launched a centralized link to state websites highlighting information relevant to business continuity plans for licensed mortgage loan officers.

The North Carolina company will hold onto the loans after the Fed's decision to slash interest rates.

Mortgage-related companies finalized four partnerships, a servicing-retention firm went up for sale, and a long-delayed insurance-related transaction moved forward this week in a wave of industry merger and acquisition activity.

Servicers' struggle to retain borrowers mounted in the fourth quarter when a type of loan that is tough to recapture rose to a more than 10-year high, according to Black Knight.

Fears stemming from the coronavirus have resulted in lower mortgage rates and more business for now, but if the situation deteriorates further, consumers could decide to put off buying a home.

The 10-digit penalty marks an important milestone for the bank, but individual ex-bankers may still be at risk and grueling hearings lie ahead for current leadership.

A deferred-prosecution agreement with the Justice Department spares the bank a potential criminal conviction — provided it cooperates with continuing probes and abides by other conditions.

Alexander most recently headed up mortgage lending and before that co-led the integration of Key's acquisition of First Niagara. He replaces Dennis Devine, who recently left the company.

Digitization presents opportunities for lenders to streamline the mortgage process in ways that benefit them and their borrowers, but three things stand in the path to full adoption.

United Wholesale Mortgage invested in regional Super Bowl advertising for the first time and local competitor Quicken Loans added to its longstanding national marketing ties to the game.

CEO VanTrojen: Employees are the No. 1 client.

Dan Gilbert has been back in the office and could soon be making his first public appearance since suffering a stroke last May, Quicken Loans CEO Jay Farner said.

More than half of Columbus homebuyers are millennials, according to a new study from the mortgage lead generation company LendingTree.

Quicken Loans, which has a history of advertising its Rocket Mortgage digital application with high-profile Super Bowl promotions, is doubling down on its ties to the National Football League event.

Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce expects its growth in domestic mortgages to be more “market-like” in 2020, after last year’s contraction in home-loan balances, Chief Executive Officer Victor Dodig said.

Consumer attorneys are filing more Telephone Consumer Protection Act lawsuits than ever and if a piece of follow-up legislation becomes law, the peril to mortgage lenders will grow.

A new National Credit Union Administration proposal would raise the threshold for residential mortgages that require appraisals. However, the final rule is by no means a done deal.