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Mortgage industry hiring and new job appointments for the week ending Nov. 22.

Nationstar’s next securitization of defaulted or inactive home equity conversion mortgages will have a higher-than-average exposure to properties with steep leverage, as well as ties to judicial foreclosure states.

A new National Credit Union Administration proposal would raise the threshold for residential mortgages that require appraisals. However, the final rule is by no means a done deal.

Lender profitability rose to a high not seen since 2012 in the Mortgage Bankers Association's latest quarterly report despite some variability in revenue generated per loan.

The House Financial Services chair is sponsoring a bill with one of the Democratic presidential contenders aimed at alleviating the public housing capital backlog.

Median home prices rose annually by more than the national average of 8.3% in nearly half of low-income areas with certain tax advantages, according to Attom Data Solutions.

Sales of previously owned homes increased in October as buyers responded to falling mortgage rates, extending a recovery in the residential real estate market this year that’s providing a modest boost to economic growth.

River City Mortgage is staging an eight-state expansion of its footprint, and recently hired Carrington Mortgage Services President Raymond Brousseau to help oversee and direct its growth.

Mortgage rates fell this week, reversing a gradual upward trend, to reach their lowest level in six weeks, according to Freddie Mac.

Months after a citywide reassessment caused property values to shoot up across New Orleans, its likely impact on taxpayers' wallets is becoming clearer.