Discontinued operations include the former Home Loan Center Inc. business sold to Discover in June 2012.

A decline in reported foreclosures and falling property sales has resulted in home prices rising in all 42 counties tracked by DataQuick.

A Richey May report pegged 2Q commissions at 78 basis points and the four-month average for commissions at about 80 basis points of total production.

There was just $9.5 billion of home equity that was taken out of properties in a mortgage refinance in the second quarter, according to Freddie Mac.

After an encouraging first quarter, New York City foreclosure activity is starting to pick up again.

The deal will price on Wednesday and settle on Friday “at benchmark size,” according to Freddie Mac.

Equifax has integrated its Point in Time and Spectrum Verification Service tools into its retro income verification platform designed to enable users to reduce mortgage loan repurchase requests.

Davis + Henderson Corp.'s acquisition of Harland Financial Solutions is a "big deal," simply because it involves so many credit unions using products supplied by the two companies.

Federal Housing Administration single-family originations spiked in May before dropping 23% in June as mortgage rates jumped and FHA mortgage insurance became more expensive.

Higher home prices are starting to shut out buyers in certain markets in California, while in Florida the market gained strength in the second quarter, with more closed sales, higher median prices, more pending sales and a shrinking inventory.

Mortgage loan origination software salespeople for decades have swaggered, but they called it walking.

Mortgage applications to purchase new homes rebounded 14% in July after a 15% drop in June.

Lender Processing Services had net earnings of $19.1 million for the second quarter, compared with a net loss of $37.9 million one year prior.

The judges have selected the finalists for the 14th Annual Mortgage Technology Awards. Watch to see who will contend for this year's awards.

New data by the Mortgage Bankers Association show that the serious delinquency rate on FHA-insured single-family loans fell to 7.57% in the second quarter.

Fitch in its latest monthly index recorded the largest drop in commercial mortgage-backed securities delinquencies since the end of the recession.

Ellie Mae is considering a sale and has interviewed banks to manage the process, three people with knowledge of the matter said.

Wolters Kluwer Financial Services has added its flood determination services to Calyx’s technology network.

Several Northeastern states now have a higher percentage of loans in foreclosure than California and Arizona.

Industry experts expect annual home value appreciation rates to end 2013 on a strong note before slowing down considerably over the following three years.