National Mortgage Insurance Corp. has started issuing commitments, becoming the sixth active private mortgage insurer in operation.

Good communication is all about the sender and the recipient agreeing that they exchanged information and what that information was.

There was virtually no change in the Mortgage Bankers Association’s seasonally adjusted Market Composite Index, Refinance Index or seasonally adjusted Purchase Index for the week ended April 19.

Late additions and data gathering issues have added a few names to our list.

MortgageKeeper Referral Services has added resources to aid homeowners in case of natural disaster.

New home sales rose 1.5% in March after a 7.6% decline in the prior month.

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have begun the preliminary work to update the required data points and format that lenders submit to the GSEs’ respective automated underwriting systems.

House prices rose in February by 0.7% from the prior month, according to a house price index based on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac purchase mortgage transactions.

The California Association of Realtors reported that the share of REO and short sales fell to 29% of sales in March from 33% in February.

Single-family home sales in Florida increased 9% in March over the same month last year while pending sales increased 23%.

Mortgage data is more valuable when delivered through the cloud because several people can use the data at the same time.

ISGN Corp. and TruPoint Partners have partnered to develop a “mock audit” to help lenders prepare for a Consumer Financial Protection Bureau examination.

Moody's Investors Service, Kroll and Fitch have assigned their respective top expected/preliminary ratings to four classes of residential mortgage-backed securities issued by Sequoia Mortgage Trust 2013-6.

Sales of previously owned homes slipped 0.6% in March from February as the supply of homes on the market edged up for the second month in the row.

Home sales in Illinois increased almost 14% in March compared with the same month in 2012, while median prices increased nearly 4%.

Some mortgage technology and software providers are seeing increased demand for Software as a Service solutions in the foreclosure-to-rent marketplace.

What do you think would happen if the CEOs and CTOs of mortgage companies were to switch jobs for a week?

Technology and education are two components helping Realtors, consumers, and servicers complete more short sales now compared to years ago.

An estimated 37,764 new and resale houses and condominiums sold throughout California in March.

The next 12 months are likely to see only half the price gains experienced in the previous 12 months.