Impac Mortgage, one of the fastest growing funders among the top 100, has hired Mike Casey and Matthew Dismore to bolster its correspondent lending division.
Although the ink is barely dry on the new ‘Qualified Mortgage’ rule, mortgage bankers are already voicing concerns about how it will hurt compensation and affect the jumbo market.
Competition in FHA lending may get a boost following the easing of reporting requirements for insured depository institutions with $500 million or less in total assets.
Bexil American Mortgage, a company headed by industry veteran John Robbins, finally revealed the name of the mortgage banking firm it agreed to buy a few weeks back: Castle Mortgage of Vestavia Hills, AL.
New residential loan applications fell 12.3 percent for the week ending Dec. 14 with the reading on its refinancing index dropping to the lowest level in just over a month, according to new survey figures compiled by the Mortgage Bankers Association. The refi share of all new business fell to 83 percent from 84 percent the week prior. MBA vice president of research Mike Fratantoni blamed the decline on rates which rose during the second…
Freddie Mac acquired $62.5 billion of mortgages from its seller/servicers in November, its best purchase month since June 2009, according to figures released by the secondary market giant.
ES Appraisal Services, Jacksonville, FL, has closed its doors, the second national appraisal management company to have gone bust in the past year. It also uses the trade name eValuation Solutions LLC.
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