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Third Federal Savings and Loan in Cleveland has long offered mortgage refinancing in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia and North Carolina and now it plans to offer purchase loans in those states.

More of the nation's housing markets are back to or near their normal level, but pockets of weakness remain, according to Freddie Mac.

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corp. and Digital Asset Holdings are targeting the repurchase agreement market as the latest use case for a blockchain solution.

Mortgage applications fell 1% on a seasonally adjusted basis for the week ending March 25, compared to one week earlier, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

Redwood Trust has promoted its chief financial officer, Christopher Abate, to replace its departing president, Brett Nicholas.

Interest rates on fixed-rate mortgages lowered for the first time in four weeks, Freddie Mac reported.

It took an average of 46 days to close a residential mortgage loan in February, the shortest closing time since May, according to Ellie Mae.

Total commercial and multifamily mortgage debt outstanding increased in the fourth quarter of 2015, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

First mortgage originations climbed in February as home equity loans declined, according to Equifax.

The national foreclosure inventory decreased 21.7% to about 456,000 in January, according to CoreLogic.

Citigroup executives involved in the issuance of residential mortgage-backed securities at the center of the 2008 financial crisis will not be facing criminal charges for selling toxic bonds, U.S. authorities have determined.

The delinquency rate on commercial mortgage-backed securities continued to fall significantly for the month of February, according to Trepp.

Home prices rose 5.5% in December 2015 compared to the previous year, according to Black Knight Financial Services.

Interest rates on fixed-rate mortgages fell this week, according to Freddie Mac, after a small rally in the previous two weeks.

The Treasury Department will invest an additional $2 billion from the Troubled Asset Relief Program into a federal fund that seeks to protect homeowners from foreclosure.

PennyMac Mortgage Financial Services reported a rise in income on higher servicing revenue.

Mortgage applications leapt 9% on a seasonally adjusted basis for the week ending Jan. 15 compared to one week earlier, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

Synovus Financial in Columbus, Ga., reported a higher fourth-quarter profit on stronger interest and fee income.

Life insurance companies posted a higher return on their private commercial mortgage investments in the third quarter of 2015, compared to the second quarter, according to LifeComps.

Interest rates on fixed-rate mortgages fell further this week due to overseas turmoil, according to Freddie Mac.