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Two investors pushing CoreLogic Inc. to explore a sale won partial support from a prominent shareholder advisory firm, which urged shareholders to support three of the dissident group’s nominees for the board.

The agency’s final rule modernizing the Fair Debt Collection Practice Act limits calls to seven per week, but collectors won stronger protections from liability claims and other key changes to the original proposal.

The CrossState Credit Union Association continues to work with lawmakers in neighboring New Jersey to get similar legislation passed there.

Mortgage industry hiring and new job appointments for the week ending Oct. 30.

Lenders pushed back against the notion that city dwellers' pandemic-driven flight to suburbia would hurt them. They say fewer landlords have sought deferrals as vacancy rates remain low and rent collections have stabilized.

The bank operating system’s integration with a technology platform for construction loans adds to indications of nCino’s increasing relevance to real estate-secured lending.

The government-sponsored enterprise also saw a 22% increase in net worth from the second quarter.

A gauge of pending home sales unexpectedly declined in September for the first time in five months, a sign elevated asking prices and lean supply are tempering the boom in housing despite the record-low interest rates.

The Assistant Secretary for Housing and Federal Housing Commissioner at the Department of Housing and Urban Development says HUD is removing regulatory barriers to the proliferation of manufactured housing.

Mortgage rates remained relatively flat this week, helping housing to stay as one of the bright spots in the U.S. economy during the current uncertainty, according to Freddie Mac.