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Lower inflation and a slowing jobs market is the driver of the new forecast, but housing will not see any immediate benefits.

Institutional investors have an opportunity to "do well while doing good" while advancing a flagship public/private partnership model writes the Chief Growth Officer of Rocktop.

Contract closings decreased 5.4% from May to a 3.89 million annualized rate, data released Tuesday from the National Association of Realtors show.

Not every audit will save a dollar, but paying for check-ups will stem further expenses, industry veterans say.

Issues or errors in closing-protection letters appeared in over 45% of loans, a record-high share, according to Fundingshield.

Iannitti co-founded the document company in 1987 and later took a leading role in promoting eMortgage process adoption.

When the superregional bank sold its insurance business for $10.1 billion, it laid out three ways to use the proceeds: buybacks, a balance sheet repositioning and loan growth. The latter plan is so far proving to be elusive.

Bank OZK is the latest commercial real estate-heavy bank to announce plans to diversify its business. CEO George Gleason emphasized that he's confident in the bank's loan portfolio, but said he thinks misperceptions are dragging down the stock price.

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The new law, which went into effect on July 19, also has provisions that deal with heirs property, an issue that clouds ownership.