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Banks are stepping up their efforts to win a key exception to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's "Qualified Mortgage" rule.

The Department of Housing and Urban Development and Alpine Bank & Trust have reached an agreement to resolve claims that the lender discriminated against African-American and Hispanic mortgage applicants.

Nondepository mortgage companies cut 1,500 full-time employees from their payrolls in January, ending 10 consecutive months of job growth.

Republicans repeatedly claim that the Dodd-Frank Act has hurt consumers by raising costs and hampering credit availability. But the data doesn't back that up.

Freddie Mac is considering backing loans that finance single-family rental homes for the first time, mirroring a controversial transaction that Fannie Mae disclosed in January.

Attracting millennials and preparing for the rising rate environment are issues on the minds of mortgage executives where staffing is concerned.

Mortgage industry hiring and new job appointments for the week ending March 10.

In a setback for Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi, an appeals court reversed a ruling against a Broward County mortgage company accused of defrauding hundreds of homeowners at the height of the housing crisis.

Two Memphis agencies heavily reliant on Department of Housing and Urban Development funding could face deep, far-reaching cuts if the Trump administration slices $6 billion from HUD's budget.

North Texas home sales were 5% higher in February, with the most houses sold ever in the second month of any year.