Lenders cited a lack of inventory of homes for sale as one of the major factors limiting demand for purchase mortgages.

Having little proficiency in English is a big impediment to homeownership, according to a new study by the Urban Institute that examined homeownership by zip codes. The think tank lauded the addition of the preferred language question to the Uniform Residential Loan Application and said it’s a move in the right direction.

Nonbanks accounted for just over half of the total first-lien mortgage production by the top 100 lenders in the market, according to a new Inside Mortgage Finance analysis and year-end tally.

Stone Point Capital has acquired a controlling stake in due diligence provider American Mortgage Consultants.

MGIC, Radian, Essent and National MI all announced that they would no longer insure loans with DTI ratios over 45 percent and credit scores below 700…

Finance of America ranked 22nd among all originators in 2017...

Mortgage lenders that have received civil investigative demands from the CFPB have complained the process can be trying…

Simon Moir of eOriginal said eNotes are the most important document in closings of digital mortgages…

If President Trump – a builder by trade – truly wants to help the housing market by adding inventory he could order the federal government to sell some of its massive holdings of land to builders at dirt cheap prices...

The FHFA’s Office of General Counsel will review all of the comments and report findings...