Comprehensive reviews of operations can provide lenders with a competitive advantage, according to Strategic Mortgage Finance Group, an advisory firm.

Home affordability varies geographically and over time due to unique economic drivers, such as home prices, income and wealth, according to a staff working paper published by the Federal Housing Finance Agency.

Norcom Mortgage has completed its end-to-end electronic mortgage platform with the adoption of vendor e-closing technology, making it the first mortgage lender in Connecticut to offer fully digitized closings.

Servicers can boost borrower satisfaction by outsourcing some of their contact-center duties, according to an analysis by CoreLogic.

California ranked as the top state for primary mortgage insurance business in the third quarter of 2018, but not by as big a margin as its high housing costs might suggest. [Includes one data chart.]

The correspondent share of the market rose to 39.5 percent, the highest it has been in years...

Use of artificial intelligence seems to be concentrated at nonbanks…

On a year-to-date basis, the volume of private MI loans delivered into GSE MBS was up 9.8 percent from the first nine months of 2017…

MFA CEO Craig Knutson said he’s pleased the REIT has “gained traction on these new acquisition efforts, which involve relationships cultivated over the past year or more.”

Next Thursday, the Senate Banking Committee will hold a hearing on GSE pilot programs…