A survey by a law firm shows that residential mortgage loans and commercial mortgage loans of $1 million or more increased last year in Palm...

The online discount real estate startup Redfin wants to get into the lending business. The property broker is planning to offer buyers using its...

BankUnited, the largest bank based in South Florida, stopped making residential mortgage loans to consumers and laid off some of its staff. Mary Harris,...

Banks are losing market share in the home-loan business to non-bank mortgage companies unaffiliated with a depository institution. A bullish sign of the times is...

From the moment a home-purchase offer is accepted until the buyer closes a mortgage loan to finance the purchase, one or more common missteps...

Stephen Schwarzman’s Blackstone Group is set to write its first residential mortgage in Miami this week through a new unit called B2R Finance. Already...

Freddie Mac is continuing a streak. The government-sponsored mortgage backer posted a $2.9 billion third-quarter profit today, which marks the fourth consecutive quarterly gain...

Mortgage lending in the United States fell to a 16-year low in 2011, amid a struggling recovery and slowing refinancing activity, the Wall Street...

One would stand to reason that lenders’ profits are shriveling as mortgage rates continue to hover near record lows. But according to the New...