A Phil Hall Op-Ed: Los Angeles County has been on fire for nearly a week. We don’t know how the fires started, but we know who doesn’t want to take responsibility for the very obvious lack of preparedness ahead of the blazes. California Gov. Gavin Newsom ordered an...
A Georgia woman pleaded guilty pleaded for her role in a three-year scheme resulting in the approval of approximately 450 mortgages based on fabricated documents and false information. According to the charges and other information presented in court, Kimberly Johnson...
Last year ended with an uptick in mortgage credit availability, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA). In December, the MBA’s Mortgage Credit Availability Index (MCAI) was up by 0.7% to 96.6; the index was benchmarked to 100 in March 2012. The...
Ridgeland Mortgage, a recently formed joint venture between mortgage lender loanDepot Inc. (NYSE: LDI) and home builder Smith Douglas Homes (NYSE: SDHC), has appointed Teresa Carlile as president. In her new role, Carlile will lead the business’ growth and daily...
Mortgage rates came closer to the 7% level in the latest Primary Mortgage Market Survey published by Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC). The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 6.93% as of Jan. 9, up from last week when it averaged 6.91%. A year ago at this time, it averaged...
Ally Financial (NYSE: ALLY) is exiting from the mortgage origination business while cutting hundreds of jobs companywide. The digital-only bank’s layoffs will affect less than 5% of its workforce, according to a statement from bank spokesperson Peter Gilchrist to The...
