Commercial real estate and multifamily real estate loan originations dropped almost 50% year-over-year during the third quarter of 2023. Click through to find out what else the Mortgage Bankers Association found in their quarterly report.
Read More »Cornerstone Home Lending Debuts New Mortgage Loan Servicing Operations
Customer care and leading technologies are at the forefront to help expand customer satisfaction during the loan origination and closing process.
Read More »Ginnie Mae, NewDay USA Reach Agreement on VA Loans
NewDay USA, one of the nation's largest VA mortgage lenders serving veterans and servicemembers, has been approved as a Ginnie Mae Servicer Seller for VA loan production. NewDay is currently approved to issue Ginnie Mae I and II securities for ...
Read More »Mortgage Cadence Adds New Capabilities
DataVerify's integration to Mortgage Cadence's loan-origination platform will provide additional data verification, fraud prevention, and compliance assistance.
Read More »Dallas-Based Loan Technology Firm Announces New Image
The transformation and branding will help align the company’s mission into one single brand, while still delivering products to the mortgage lenders.
Read More »Northpointe Bank Hires Kate Higgins
Kate Higgins joins Northpointe Bank as a Senior Loan Officer, working with their loan team in Denver, Colorado. Kate Higgins comes from Unibell Financial, Inc., where she worked as a residential mortgage broker, handling both forward and reverse mortgages with access to multiple lenders. Northpointe Banke is a member of the FDIC and an Equal Housing Lender.
Read More »Fannie Mae’s Mark Palim on the State of Housing
As a Deputy Chief Economist at Fannie Mae, Dr. Palim is responsible for overseeing the Economic and Strategic Research Group’s forecasting functions. He also manages multi-disciplinary partnerships across the company to address specific business issues facing Fannie Mae. Dr. Palim ...
Read More »Tom Rice Joins OpenClose as VP Enterprise Account Executive
Florida-based OpenClose, a multi-channel loan origination system (LOS) and mortgage fintech provider, has announced the appointment of long-time industry veteran Tom Rice as VP, Enterprise Account Executive. Rice has experience with multiple LOS platforms as well as other enterprise-class mortgage ...
Read More »Carrington Plans Expansion Into Central Indiana, Creating 360 Jobs
Santa Ana, California-based Carrington Mortgage Services announced earlier this week its intention to expand into the Central Indiana city of Westfield. The expansion will create up to 360 high-wage jobs by 2019, the company announced. Carrington plans to invest $3.17 million to renovate a 77,000-square foot facility in Westfield and have it operational by the end of the year.
Read More »New QM Rules Produce Higher Costs and Elevated Risk Factors
Although the new QM rules are expected to bring stability to loan manufacturing, the many nuances of compliance have resulted in doubling the cost of loan origination. This assessment was offered by Tom Showalter, Chief Analytic Officer at Digital Risk, a top provider of risk, compliance, and transaction management solutions.
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