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Ohio a Mortgage Hub for Chase

One of the biggest mortgage operations at JPMorgan Chase & Co. is in the Columbus, Ohio, area. The region is home to 7,000 Chase mortgage employees. This year, nearly 2,000 positions were filled by Chase in Central Ohio, including hundreds of mortgage jobs. View full post on Mortgage Stories

Freddie Revises Cashout, Appraisal Requirements

Approved Freddie Mac sellers were advised of new cashout guidelines for properties that were recently acquired for cash. The secondary lender additionally updated its appraisal requirements. Freddie covered the updates in a bulletin to approved sellers. View full post on Mortgage Stories

3 More Notaries Indicted in LPS-Related Case

A case involving employees of Lender Processing Services Inc. has yielded criminal charges on three more defendants. The Nevada Attorney General’s Office announced Monday that a criminal complaint had been filed against three notaries public. The complaint was filed just weeks after two other defendants were indicted by the state. View full post on Mortgage [...]

MetLife Emerges as Dominant Reverse Lender

MetLife Bank closed more than 1,200 retail-originated home-equity conversion mortgages in November. That was the most HECMs closed of any reverse lender. In fact, MetLife closed more than three times as many retail loans than the next-biggest originator. View full post on Mortgage Stories

Refis Down More than a Quarter

Refinance inquiries dropped 27 percent over the past seven days, according to the U.S. Mortgage Market Index report. Refinance business was 21 percent lower than last year at this time. The refinance share was 65 percent, down from 71 percent last week. View full post on Mortgage Stories

Reverse Lender Formally Launches

JGWPT said that it has officially launched a reverse mortgage division. The company recently acquired J.G. Wentworth. The reverse business began as a pilot program at J.G. Wentworth a year ago. View full post on Mortgage Stories

Thousands of Layoffs Include Mortgage Jobs

Bank of America Corp. confirmed in a statement that 3,500 positions are being eliminated. The layoffs will occur during the third quarter. More than a thousand mortgage jobs have been cut this year at the company. View full post on Mortgage Stories

Issuance Softens at Ginnie

The issuance of mortgage-backed secuties at Ginnie Mae was down around a billion dollars in May. Compared to year earlier issuance was off approximately $8 billion. The month-over-month decline applied to single-family, home-equity conversion mortgage and multifamily securitizations. View full post on Mortgage Stories

UNLV economic report forecasts modest recovery through 2012

A modest economic recovery under way will get stronger in the second half of this year and continue its gains in 2012, according to an assessment released today by UNLV. View full post on Business Stories

Europeans Doubt Greece’s Ability to Stick to Budget

If Greece fails to push through new austerity measures, it could jeopardize the second rescue package that it needs. View full post on Business Stories