Experts call for ongoing, intentional and collaborative efforts across federal agencies to combat racial disparities in homeownership and access to housing financing.

If ever there was a Horatio Alger story for the mortgage industry it’s Angelo Mozilo, the co-founder of Countrywide Financial. The recently deceased Mozilo proved that nonbanks could compete with the megabanks. Then the subprime crisis happened.

During the annual conference of the National Fair Housing Alliance this week, stakeholders outlined appraisal reform efforts.

Homeowners are waiting out the high-interest rate environment before considering selling.

After FHFA required the GSEs to provide translated mortgage documents, limited English proficient borrowers’ experiences improved, new research shows.

FirstKey Mortgage is expected to issue a MBS of closed-end second-lien loans amid growing demand for the product.

Mortgage loans provide good portfolio diversification and match up well with insurers’ long-term liabilities.

Financial services company Charles Schwab is expanding a program that offers discounted mortgage rates in a bid to draw more high-net-worth clients.

The Mortgage Calculator is leveraging multimedia and an in-house technology team to be as transparent as possible with its broker partners.

Lenders are launching or expanding programs for foreign nationals, borrowers with credit events and short-term rentals.