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The beginnings of the housing rebound, along with the fiscal policy decisions established or currently in the process of being made, give a sense that the economy is beginning to transition back to normal.
However, there is uncertainty where this transition will lead and what type of...
Due diligence firm Clayton Holdings announced the launch of a new business segment to help clients assess risks associated with mortgage servicing transactions. The unit comes at a time when servicing shops and banks are frequently involved in the...
CoreLogic ($27.18 0.96%) unveiled its latest service, CoreLogic Bond Tracker, to provide life-of-bond surveillance as well as aid...
With the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's qualified mortgage rule now in place, the private label market awaits the release of the federal regulators' Qualified Mortgage...
With the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's qualified mortgage rule now in place, the private label market awaits the release of the federal regulators' Qualified Mortgage...
The job market could become easy street for compliance experts with deep knowledge and experience in the financial services industry.
Rob Chrisman, a mortgage industry writer, noted in a recent blog that the release of the...
The nascent housing recovery is beginning a shift from economic headwind to tailwind, creating the indirect effect of giving average American households hope to, once again, begin to retain a level of wealth.
Of course, being in America, the feeling of wealth is best described as a family...
Home prices in the U.S. rose 0.6% from October to November, according to the Federal Housing Finance Agency’s latest house price index. This compares to the index's 0.5% increase...
Mortgage delinquencies overall remain well below 2011 levels, but the U.S. loan delinquency rate still edged up 0.74% from November to December, Lender Processing Services said Wednesday.
The mortgage data and analytics firm released its LPS First Look Mortgage Report for...
The number of Americans filing home purchase and refinance applications grew for the week ending Jan. 18, pushing all mortgage application activity up 7% from the previous week.
The Mortgage Bankers Association noted its home purchase index grew 3% from the prior period,...
With the success of the Home Affordable Refinance Program for Fannie and Freddie borrowers, there is an expected push on the part of the Obama Administration to offer performing borrowers falling outside the agency's purview a way to lower their mortgage payments – through either a refinance or...
Real estate investment trust Redwood Trust ($20.33 -0.07%) is on track with its goal of issuing...
For those banks that reported strong fourth-quarter mortgage banking revenue, trends show loan origination volumes and gain-on-gain margins remaining well above historic profitability levels.
The steady levels were a result of robust refinancing activity driven by low rates, the presence...
Housing will contribute to gross domestic product in 2013, barring some unforeseen double-digit recession or economic downturn, Fitch managing director Robert Curren said Tuesday.
Fitch projects single-family housing starts will grow 18% in 2013, with new home sales rising 22% and...
Existing homes sales eased in December, while limited inventory maintained the upward momentum in home prices.
Total existing home sales declined 1.0% to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.94 million in December from a downwardly revised 4.99 million in...