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The stock of MGIC ($6.02 -0.3%) shot up 18% in morning trading after Freddie Mac proposed a new...
As home prices recover, investors looking to create pools of single-family rental properties could find themselves late to the party as values go up, Capital Economics warned in a report Monday.
Paul Diggle, an economist with the research firm, released a study saying...
Borrowers with second liens owned and serviced by Bank of America ($13.31 -0.13%) may qualify to get their subordinate debt extinguished...
A look at stories across HousingWire's weekend desk, with more coverage to come on bigger issues:
Mortgage rates after likely to grind lower as originators continue trying to attract the marginal borrowers who are increasingly less responsive. Last week, rates...
A look at stories across HousingWire's weekend desk, with more coverage to come on bigger issues:
Mortgage rates after likely to grind lower as originators continue trying to attract the marginal borrowers who are increasingly less responsive. Last week, rates...
The third round of quantitative easing will raise the stock market by 3.1% and home prices by nearly 2%, assuming the program lasts through 2013, researchers at Deutsche Bank assert.
But not everyone agrees that the move with translate to helping the average American.
The ...
Bank of America ($13.31 -0.13%) still has billions in potential liabilities tied to the Countrywide Financial legacy mortgage...
Grand Bank, N.A., out of New Jersey inked a deal Friday to sell its ICON Residential Lenders unit to Rushmore Loan Management Services.
The terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Grand Bank also appointed...
Executives with Genworth Financial Corp. ($10.48 -0.3%) are working with Moody's Investors Service as the...
New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman announced a $7.8 million settlement with eAppraiseIT, and its then parent corporation, First American CoreLogic.
The company split into two entities in 2010 and eAppraiseIT went with CoreLogic as part of the valuation services...
More borrowers used private mortgage insurance in the month of August to buy or refinance a home mortgage, according to data from the Mortgage Insurance Companies of America.
The industry trade group reached that conclusion by analyzing data from its members firms,...
More borrowers used private mortgage insurance in the month of August to buy or refinance a home mortgage, according to data from the Mortgage Insurance Companies of America.
The industry trade group reached that conclusion by analyzing data from its members firms,...
A bipartisan group of 53 senators sent a letter to bank regulators expressing concern about applying new Basel III capital standards to community banks.
They sent the letter — spearheaded by Pat Toomey, R-Pa., and Mark Warner, D-Va. — to the heads of the Federal Reserve...
A bipartisan group of 53 senators sent a letter to bank regulators expressing concern about applying new Basel III capital standards to community banks.
They sent the letter — spearheaded by Pat Toomey, R-Pa., and Mark Warner, D-Va. — to the heads of the Federal Reserve...
Cash-on-cash returns, improving fundamentals, and a narrowing of risk premiums are lifting prices of nonagency mortgage-backed securities. The improvement is contributing to significantly to total returns for the market and its individual subsectors.
Within the nonagency MBS sector, prime...