Originations

JPMorgan Chase is eliminating 400 positions in its mortgage banking unit, the latest lender to trim staff as a result of lower-than-expected demand in 2018.

USAA will be eliminating 265 home sales and lending positions, but it already has offered nearly 100 of the affected workers different jobs within its mortgage unit.

The CEOs of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are stepping down because the job they were hired to do — return the GSEs to profitability — is done. But attracting top-flight candidates to lead the mortgage giants into a new phase may not be easy.

The central bank said the proposal is intended to eliminate duplication of rules for entities covered by the Secure and Fair Enforcement for Mortgage Licensing Act of 2008.

The bank pared down its application to 50 questions and allows customers to do the easy work before turning it to the loan officer.

The migration to digital may change the way loan officers work, but it won't make them less essential: BofA Consumer Lending SVP John Schleck.

An AI-powered virtual assistant could be used in a variety of ways, including helping customers to prequalify for mortgages, easing compliance and detecting problems.

A new study from Pentagon Federal Credit Union finds a sizable portion of consumers will be shopping for a mortgage within two years, but it also revealed some major misconceptions surrounding the process.

Early adopters took digital mortgages from concept to reality. What will it take for everyone else to catch up?

Agency’s first supervisory report under Mulvaney finds little change; the nonbank lender surpasses Citigroup and Bank of America in home loans.

A deceleration in mortgage balances ends CIBC's three-year streak of outpacing Canada's other large lenders on mortgage growth. Royal Bank of Canada said this week that mortgage balances were 5.9% higher than a year earlier.

Debates on the issue often focus on how lending decisions affect certain demographic groups, but those analyses tend to ignore an important factor: default rates.

Mortgage fees at the nation’s biggest home lender declined by a third in the three months ended June 30 to the lowest in more than five years.

The Albany, N.Y. based credit union announced the program just in time for the Fourth of July.

The bank can pay out 40% more than it is expected to earn; the German bank’s stock slide may lead to its removal from a major European bank index.

Paycheck information gleaned from bank accounts is emerging as an alternative to verifying a mortgage applicant's income and employment with a 4506-T tax transcript request to the IRS.

Robert Broeksmit has a tough act to follow succeeding David Stevens, the CEO revered for navigating the Mortgage Bankers Association through one of its most tumultuous eras on record. But in doing so, Broeksmit has a distinct advantage over many of his predecessors: inheriting an organization on the upswing.

Robert Broeksmit, a career mortgage industry executive, will succeed David Stevens as the president and CEO of the Mortgage Bankers Association.

Promontory MortgagePath fills management roles for bank relations, technology and outsourced services opportunities.

As other banks de-emphasize mortgage lending, Citizens is spending half a billion dollars to buy a large originator with a big servicing portfolio.