HSBC has informed New Hampshire's Attorney General of a compromise of some records of current and former mortgage customers of its HSBC Finance unit.

Former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers, who sits on Lending Club's board, said in a speech Wednesday that such technology-focused marketplace lenders should be given a fair chance to compete.

Originators are saying they are too busy to concentrate on marketing, but if they don't, the early success in 2015 could turn around.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued a final interpretive rule Wednesday that clarifies its housing counseling requirements with respect to high-cost loans.

Mike Cagney of Social Finance, honored Wednesday at LendIt's innovator of the year, chalks up his success to his company's "relationship-driven" model.

Home values dipped slightly month-to-month in March, though they remained up from their 2014 levels, according to Quicken Loans.

Confidence among homebuilders rose in April for the first time in five months as prospective buyers returned to the market and sales climbed.

The inventory of homes at some stage of foreclosure fell 27% in February from the year before, according to CoreLogic.

The San Francisco bank has produced enough growth in mortgages, C&I and other areas and made other moves to offset low rates. It is a hopeful example for mortgage-heavy banks and other lenders battling tight margins.

Forty-one percent of mortgage lenders feel they are not ready for the August 2015 Truth in Lending Act and Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act Integrated Disclosure Rule, according to a study by Capsilon Corp.

Wells Fargo & Co. and JPMorgan Chase & Co. posted their largest mortgage-lending gains in more than a year as the recovery in the market gains momentum.

Zillow Group Inc. dropped after giving a 2015 revenue forecast that fell short, blaming delays in regulatory approval for its purchase of rival real estate website Trulia Inc.

Still reeling from underwriting guidelines that went into effect last year, some small lenders are worried that a new mortgage disclosure regime might be the thing that pushes them over the edge.

Ocwen Financial announced a preliminary loss of $546 million, or $4.18 per share, for fiscal year 2014 Tuesday, on a higher-than-expected goodwill impairment and charges stemming from the company's settlement with the New York Department of Financial Services.

Every person on your staff is responsible for marketing your company and almost all of them do a poor job of it.

Builders FirstSource rose the most on record after saying it agreed to buy competitor ProBuild Holdings in a deal valued at $1.63 billion.

Enhanced data can help you determine whether a particular customer is a good fit for the products you want to market.

In less than four months, mortgage providers across the nation must be ready to meet new disclosure requirements.

At #MBATech15 in Orlando, #TRID was on the tip of everyone's tongues. But other conversations also took place, centering largely on how technology adoption can make up for lost time and what future IT infrastructures will look like.

Loans4Less.com in Redondo Beach, Calif., has agreed to buy consumer lending and peer-to-peer technology platform 321Lend.