Low supply levels and increasing demand in the housing market are fueling home prices, in turn, placing all of the cards into sellers' hands.

U.S. housing markets continue to show improvement, and much of that credit is due to consumers maintaining their mortgages and a better overall employment picture.

U.S. construction spending has been on the positive side for a year and a half—that is until now.

The TILA-RESPA Integrated Disclosure rule has been shaking up the mortgage industry since October 3, 2015, and in turn, causing lenders everywhere to completely alter their loan origination procedures.

Despite seasonal changes, home prices continued their upward trend in October 2015. However, despite the small month-over-month increase, home prices are still up 5.5 percent year-over-year.

U.S. Bank announced the appointment of Tom Wind as president of U.S. Bank Home Mortgage this week. Wind succeeds Rick Aneshansel, who announced his retirement earlier this year.

The government-sponsored enterprise expects 2016 to bring a ‘Jekyll and Hyde’ mentality to housing, despite the expected, negative influence of rising interest rates throughout the year.

Ocwen Financial's mortgage servicing practices have been the center of much scrutiny among its customers but new data shows that this picture is slowly but surely changing.

Home prices are still climbing higher, even though the season change has caused things to slow down quite a bit in the housing market.

Commentary is an ongoing series on theMReport.com that focuses on opinions, ideas, and insights from experts across mortgage banking. Wade Betz, VP of Sales at Guardian Mortgage explains how the holidays, although slow, can be the perfect time to ramp up lead generation.