Mortgage applications

Warburg Pincus has agreed to buy a majority stake in a mortgage and consumer loan origination and servicing platform owned by Fiserv.

The Federal Reserve’s beige book survey indicates the economy is expanding as household loan demand declines.

Adolfo Marzol, an official at the Department of Housing and Urban Development, is optimistic that technological improvements and other changes can help draw Federal Housing Administration lenders back to the fold.

The IRS has taken corrective actions to speed up its income verification system, avoiding a possibly crippling slowdown for the mortgage industry, but long-term issues remain.

Top officials at the Internal Revenue Service met with mortgage industry groups this week to discuss possible fixes to the agency’s verification system, which lenders rely on to process mortgage loans.

Mortgage lenders are bracing for big delays in the processing of mortgage applications, citing a problem with the income verification system at the Internal Revenue Service.

The company has agreed to buy the operations of Veterans Mortgage in Salt Lake City.

Experts in digital lending share useful insights into the potential opportunities and pitfalls, covering everything from mortgages to small business.

The Wisconsin credit union dialed up some help from Fannie Mae to streamline its mortgage loan process to better serve members.

For community bankers, the current environment is more challenging than ever, with high regulatory burden and tough competition. Four bank CEOs sat down to discuss the future of the industry, and what they are hoping may change.