Better Mortgage will use a borrower’s average Airbnb earnings from the last 24 months...

Analyst Barry Habib of MBS Highway told us last week that once the yield breaks above 3.00 percent it’s only a matter of time before it hits 3.80. Just think of what that might do to the mortgage business…

Although Freddie Mac had a higher average credit score than its rival GSE, Fannie Mae had slightly lower average DTI and LTV ratios…

At Quicken, Lombardi served as director of mortgage banking.

Many lenders cited increased competition in a declining market for the weaker results…

One branch manager told Inside Mortgage Finance: “I get two calls per week from headhunters and recruiters. I’ve never seen recruiting so hot.”

Citadel is working on its first MBS deal…

The American homebuyer’s “typical mortgage payment” is up 12 percent over last year, and the trend is expected to continue in the year ahead, according to a new report from CoreLogic.

Although the stock market remains in the stratosphere, the share price of LendingTree Inc., Charlotte, has been smacked around the past few weeks, and is now trading at an 8.0 percent discount to its January high of $404.40.

Is pre-approval truly the first step in loan origination? The folks at Churchill Mortgage do not think so. There is a common misconception about “pre-approval” and its importance in the lending process, says Matt Clarke, Churchill’s chief financial officer and chief operating officer. He views pre-approval as nothing more than taking a mortgage loan application and approving it for underwriting. …