Zaio Corp., a Canadian company that tracks property values in the U.S., is in talks to acquire Axis Appraisal Management Solutions.

USMI, the new trade group being formed to replace the Mortgage Insurance Companies of America, will include all of the active carriers in the industry – except AIG's United Guaranty.

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These companies have cut 21,500 employees since last summer.

The Community Home Lenders Association is pointing to President Obama's recently released budget as proof that the Federal Housing Administration has leeway to lower premiums.

Scott Tomlinson at Flint Community Bank used a meeting with the agency's deputy director to speak his mind on the shortcomings of mortgage regulation.

Mortgage Technology is pleased to begin accepting nominations for the 2014 Top 50 Service Providers.

The nomination form is available on MT's website.

Mortgage rates for 30-year loans fell for the first time in four weeks, decreasing borrowing costs for homebuyers as the recovery in prices stretched into 2014.

U.S. Bancorp is helping to finance the redevelopment of a New Orleans housing project in the historic Treme neighborhood.

Mortgage applications rose 9.4% from a week earlier, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association's survey for the week ending Feb. 28.