After a planned merger between Amherst Residential and Front Yard Residential fell through, the head of Altisource Portfolio Solutions expressed his displeasure with Front Yard’s board.

Lenders are making money hand over fist thanks to low interest rates and the ability to complete refis while working from home.

Redlining practices of several decades ago continue to have an adverse impact on black families’ homeownership rates and home equity, according to a recent study by Redfin.

Servicers have amped up their hiring and embraced virtual assistance, lowering average hold time to 1.8 minutes.

Nonbank mortgage giant Quicken is contemplating an IPO. Okay, but who else? How about: Caliber and loanDepot.

For a while there, during the early days of the pandemic, Impac Mortgage appeared to be on the ropes, but it’s back in the lending arena, sans its non-QM menu.

Though initially wary of the online closing process, borrowers’ satisfaction with their lenders appears to have increased during the pandemic.

Bank trade groups support an interim final rule that allows depositories to defer appraisals for up to 120 days in certain circumstances. Appraisers, on the other hand, have raised concerns.

With more than 8% of mortgages now in forbearance, industry experts are exploring ways to give an added impetus to digitizing the loan-modification process.

A startup, Beeline, promises it can decide on a mortgage application in as little as 15 minutes.