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• n  an event that is a beginning; a first part or stage of subsequent events
• n  the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new

• The value of mortgage originations hit $664 billion in the second quarter, and 69% of that was refinancing (by contrast, 37% of origination activity was made up of refis in the .
• The summit should consider best practice loan marketing, underwriting, and origination practices consistent with the recent (and overdue) regulators' Proposed Statement on Subprime .
• Credit for origination of the fair was variously assigned.

• origin
• inception
• initiation
• founding
• foundation
• institution
• creation
• innovation
• introduction
• instauration

News & Articles

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• Ellie Mae Releases May 2013 Origination Insight Report
  Ellie Mae® , a leading provider of enterprise-level, on-demand automated solutions for the residential mortgage industry, today released its Origination Insight Report for May 2013.
  June 19, 2013 - Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance
• ServiceLink LoanCare Introduces MERS Reconciliation and Resolution Program for Lenders and Servicers
  PITTSBURGH and RESTON, Va., June 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --  ServiceLink , a leading end-to-end origination, servicing and default solutions provider for the top mortgage lenders and servicers, announced ...
  June 18, 2013 - PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance
• Fannie Mae Raises 2013 Origination Outlook
  This year's forecast from Fannie Mae for primary residential originations has been raised by $76 billion, though the improvement came at the expense of the 2014 outlook. On just purchase financing, annual expectations improved across-the-board.
  June 14, 2013 - HispanicBusiness.com

Quotes

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• Alan Greenspan in Moneycontrol.com
  Let me respectfully restate that, in my judgment, the origination of subprime mortgages-as opposed to the rise in global demand for securitized subprime mortgage interests-was not a significant cause of the financial crisis,Greenspan said.
• Gary Siplin in Reuters UK
  All we're trying to do now is trying to inform folks that we have a fad now that does not have a very good origination,Siplin said.