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May 8, 2013 12:56 PM
Suspicious loan activity reports shrink first time in a decade

The number of suspicious activity reports from banks citing possible loan fraud decreased by 29% last year, the first drop in 16 years.

Until 2012, mortgage loan fraud was the only suspicious activity report that increased every year, beginning in 1996. The past three years alone...

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May 8, 2013 12:15 PM
Suspicious loan activity reports shrink first time in a decade

The number of suspicious activity reports from banks citing possible loan fraud decreased by 29% last year, the first drop in 16 years.

Until 2012, mortgage loan fraud was the only suspicious activity report that increased every year, beginning in 1996. The past three years alone...

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May 8, 2013 11:26 AM
California Homeowner Bill of Rights blocks BofA foreclosure

A California man successfully halted a foreclosure sale on his property using the newly minted California Homeowner Bill of Rights to obtain a court injunction against two foreclosing parties: Bank of America and its ReconTrust Co. subsidiary.

For simply...

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May 8, 2013 10:50 AM
Crowdsourcing comes to commercial real estate

After spending five years as a commercial real estate broker, Michael Mandel knew the industry was desperately missing a critical component, transparency. 

That lack of transparency in the market led Mandel to create CompStak, which uses crowdsourcing to create a...

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May 8, 2013 10:37 AM
Crowdsourcing comes to commercial real estate

After spending five years as a commercial real estate broker, Michael Mandel knew the industry was desperately missing a critical component, transparency. 

That lack of transparency in the market led Mandel to create CompStak, which uses crowdsourcing to create a...

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May 8, 2013 11:03 AM
Supply and demand disruption plagues Southern California

Sterne Agee recently toured five Southern California new home communities between San Diego and Los Angeles. These communities are estimated to be 5% of the homebuilder coverage’s neighborhoods, but a prime example of the supply and demand problem happening throughout the...

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May 8, 2013 10:35 AM
Supply and demand disruption plagues Southern California

Sterne Agee recently toured five Southern California new home communities between San Diego and Los Angeles. These communities are estimated to be 5% of the homebuilder coverage’s neighborhoods, but a prime example of the supply and demand problem happening throughout the...

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May 8, 2013 08:50 AM
Carrington rebrands units to reflect one-stop shop approach

Carrington Holding Co. promotes the firm as a diversified real estate company with default, home inspection, investment, real estate and title solutions among others operating under one roof.

To reflect this business model, the company is renaming several business units...

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May 8, 2013 08:39 AM
Walker & Dunlop 1Q profit more than doubles

Walker & Dunlop more than doubled its 2013 first-quarter revenue, which soared to $69.2 million compared to $34.4 million for the same period a year earlier.

The spike in revenue is attributed to a 157% increase in loan originations and a 118% rise in the servicing...

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May 8, 2013 08:07 AM
Walker & Dunlop 1Q profit more than doubles

Walker & Dunlop more than doubled its 2013 first-quarter revenue, which soared to $69.2 million compared to $34.4 million for the same period a year earlier.

The spike in revenue is attributed to a 157% increase in loan originations and a 118% rise in the servicing...

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May 8, 2013 07:38 AM
Freddie Mac posts second largest income to date

Freddie Mac posted first-quarter net income of $4.6 billion Wednesday morning, up slightly from $4.5 billion in the fourth quarter of 2012 and the second largest profit in the enterprise's history.

It's the first quarter where earnings edged closer to the GSE's record...

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May 8, 2013 05:50 AM
Elevated refi activity pushes mortgage applications higher

Mortgage applications increased 7% for the week ending May 3 when compared to a week earlier, an industry trade group said Wednesday.

The steeper jump comes after only...

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May 7, 2013 03:22 PM
MBA: Fed will taper off QE this fall, stop purchases by 2014

Market observers believe the Fed’s continued monthly commitmentto acquiring $40 billion in agency mortgage-backed securities has served its purpose, with housing data showing...

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May 7, 2013 01:45 PM
MBA: Fed will taper off QE this fall, stop purchases by 2014

Market observers believe the Fed’s continued monthly commitmentto acquiring $40 billion in agency mortgage-backed securities has served its purpose, with housing data showing...

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May 7, 2013 12:08 PM
KB Home CEO: We're in the right markets

KB Home's chief executive officer sees a housing recovery taking hold in certain markets and feels well-positioned to capture some of the business.

"Across this country, we’re in the right markets," said Jeff Mezger, president and CEO of KB Home...

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