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Customer outreach is far from the actual core function of bank marketers: producing bottom-line results.

Dayton, Ohio, had the highest homeowner vacancy rate among major U.S. metro areas last year, according to Census data, but some experts said the statistic contradicts other indicators showing positive housing trends.

Mortgage industry hiring and new job appointments for the week ending March 3.

Caliber will also buy about $36 million of mortgage servicing rights in a deal that is expected to close at the end of March.

Nonbanks are gaining on their bank competitors when it comes to the market share of purchase loan originations.

Angel Oak, a regular issuer of nonprime residential mortgage bonds, is marketing its first transaction with a credit rating.

Late payments on securitized commercial mortgages resumed climbing in February, after an unexpected pause the previous month, according to Trepp.

Mortgage interest rates fell after four consecutive weeks of holding steady, according to Freddie Mac.

The Senate voted 58-41 on Thursday to confirm Ben Carson to be the 17th secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development.

New Residential Investment Corp. is readying an offering of bonds backed by both reperforming and nonperforming mortgages.