Wingspan Portfolio Advisors launched its newest homeowners association resolution services unit to address a growing problem for servicers and regulators: HOA claims for unpaid fees. …read more

New York Times Writer Celebrates Single-Party Rule in CaliforniaFox and Hounds DailyThe New York Times news department has apparently become the official national propaganda machine of California’s liberals in control of state government, more-or-less in the same manner as the Soviet Communist Party’s newspaper Pravda served as the … …read more

Greystone’s Chicago office closed 12 transactions in the third quarter of 2013, bringing the total number of loans closed in 2013 to 47. The loans carry an approximate value of $154 million. …read more

Policymakers and stakeholders took to the podium at the MBA’s 100th Annual Convention, highlighting the significant progress the mortgage industry has made over the past century, but also pointing out the critical milestones that remain to be reached. …read more

Freedom Mortgage Corp. just appointed Carl Streicher senior vice president and western division leader for Freedom Mortgage Corp. In his new position, Streicher is charged with overseeing all the day-to-day operations involved in creating the western division sales team. …read more

Although the mortgage market has significantly improved since the financial crisis, Stanley Street, founder and president of Street Resource Group, emphasized the need for the industry to further expand into warehouse lending. …read more

Pending home sales declined 5.6% from August to September, as home affordability receded under the influence of higher mortgage rates, home prices and consumer uncertainty over the state of the U.S. government and national economy. …read more

The correspondent lending division of Envoy Mortgage is up and running, rounding out the company’s mortgage product offerings. …read more

Mortgage Builder Software, released its latest update to Architect, which includes significant enhancements to address upcoming compliance requirements that go into effect in January 2014. …read more

The plan delays potential rate increases up to four years while giving lawmakers time to obtain an affordability study from FEMA and to address lingering issues raised by the Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act. …read more

The Mortgage Bankers Association swore in its board of directors for the 2014 membership year at the MBA’s 100th Annual Convention & Expo in Washington, D.C. The directors will be in charge of setting the strategic direction for the MBA over the course of the next year. …read more

The nation’s biggest banks are now paying a pretty penny to resolve legacy mortgage issues. And while those big banks deal with these challenges, thousands of mortgage professionals are ascending on Washington D.C., to participate in the MBA’s 100th Annual Convention. …read more

JPMorgan Probe Led by Prosecutor Who Put Away Tomato RacketeerBusinessweekAn abandoned home in Stockton, California, in this 2008 file photo. Photographer: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images. Benjamin Wagner, the top U.S. prosecutor for mostly rural eastern California, has busted the head of a tomato-packing company for … and more …read more

By drhousingbubble Americans for the most part are bad at saving money. In fact, the entire credit boom and bust was largely fueled by people and banks living way beyond their means. Even after the recent boom in the stock market and housing market, many Americans are not in a better financial position. The problem […]

Only three of the 20 largest U.S. states recorded a drop in home prices from July to August, as overall home values slightly increased 0.4%, according to the latest Lender Processing Services U.S. Home Price Index report. …read more

Foon Rhee: Sacramento-region charities look online and to the young to …Sacramento BeeHuge gifts – like the $125 million donation announced this month by the University of the Pacific in Stockton – grab the headlines. But it’s the quieter accumulation of smaller donations, especially online and from younger people, that will determine … …read more

The Cities Creating The Most Middle-Class JobsForbesNet worth-wise, as a recent Pew study notes, the wealthy — the top 7% — are thriving due to the rebound of the stock and bond markets; the bottom 93%, whose wealth is more tied up in their homes, is still feeling the hangover from the cratering of … […]

Third-quarter originations for multifamily properties declined 16% from the second quarter, as interest rates moved up and government housing agencies put the brakes on capital to the multifamily side of the market, mortgage industry data shows. …read more

The MBA sent a letter to the FHA, asking the agency to treat all FHA-insured loans as Qualified Mortgages. …read more

JPMorgan Chase will be paying a total of $5.1 billion to resolve outstanding mortgage issues with the Federal Housing Finance Agency and the two government-sponsored enterprises, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. …read more

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac reached agreements with JPMorgan Chase to resolve outstanding repurchase claims over toxic mortgages, with the mega bank agreeing to pay $1.1 billion to absolve outstanding issues with the GSEs. Meanwhile, the FHFA also announced a multibillion-dollar deal between JPMorgan Chase and the two GSE’s to cover legacy mortgage securities claims. […]

News that JPMorgan Chase has reached a $4 billion settlement with the Federal Housing Finance Agency over legacy mortgage issues is expected to come as early as Friday afternoon. …read more

Stocks on the HW 30 — HousingWire’s exclusive list of mortgage-related companies — were a mixed bag Friday, with some landing in positive territory and others falling short. …read more

A rising tide lifts all boats, and in the case of mortgage fraud, rising mortgage applications lift the potential for fraud. A new CoreLogic study shows an estimated $5.3 billion in fraudulent home loans were submitted to lenders. …read more

An improvement in the residential resale market was not enough to buoy a drop in Stewart Information Services third-quarter earnings, as the company adjusted to a decline in its mortgage services revenues. …read more