The amount of commercial and multifamily mortgage debt outstanding rose to a record high in the third quarter, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

New-home construction exceeded a 1 million annualized pace in November for a third consecutive month, continuing a slow recovery in the housing market.

Mortgage fraud remains a national problem as loan applications have seen misrepresentations increase on an annual basis for three consecutive years, according to LexisNexis Risk Solutions.

Lenders concerned about maintaining vendor oversight compliance may require title insurance and settlement firms to adopt the American Land Title Association's quality standards, even though the industry guidelines are only voluntary.

Marketplace lender Social Finance may pursue a larger initial public offering than expected, CEO Mike Cagney said. Progress in its mortgage business and a new lending app will be pivotal to the company's future, he said.

A recent decision by the National Labor Relations Board, drastically changes the rights of employees using company email and requires players to review and revise electronic communications policies.

The private equity firm Aquiline Capital Partners has reached an agreement to become the majority investor in LenderLive Network.

Confidence among homebuilders hovered in December close to a nine-year high, indicating the residential real estate recovery continues to make progress.

The third and final part of this series tells how to establish a business model acceptable to the CFPB.

The past few weeks will likely go down in history as the tense time period when two famous people suffered health ailments that at first seemed very serious but later turned out to be false health alarms.

For the first time, there is a subservicer, Cenlar FSB, handling the servicing function for more than $200 billion in mortgage loans.

Stonegate Mortgage is planning to add over 175 jobs in Southern California.

The Steve Fraser Visionary Award is a lifetime achievement award that honors the accomplishments of an outstanding mortgage technology innovator, visionary or evangelizer. Learn about this year's finalists and see who won the 2014 MT Award.

Mortgage rates edged up slightly over the past week, Freddie Mac said in its weekly market survey.

The spending package unveiled Tuesday would end Department of Veterans Affairs guarantees on larger loans starting Jan. 1.

DocMagic, a loan preparation company in Torrance, Calif., has agreed to acquire Doc-Tech, a mortgage documentation firm in Palatine, Ill.

Historically, net worth has been the primary, if not sole, criteria used by lenders in segmenting mortgage customers.

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Many professionals in the mortgage industry are paying close attention to the non-QM market to see if it will indeed provide a path back to subprime loans of the past.

Increased fixed costs and poor business intelligence are hurting independent mortgage bankers' bottom lines.