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Mortgage industry hiring and new job appointments for the week ending Sept. 13.

An indictment unsealed in a Brooklyn federal court alleged four New Yorkers and one Floridian misled mortgage companies, the government-sponsored enterprises and a government agency regarding short-sale property prices.

Mortgage credit availability tightened in August by the most since the end of last year, even though falling interest rates sparked a strong uptick in refinancings, the Mortgage Bankers Association said.

Mortgage rates rose seven basis points compared with the prior week, but remained below 3.6% over four consecutive weeks for the first time since the fourth quarter of 2016, according to Freddie Mac.

Digital mortgage strategies do more to support loan officers than some people think, according to Tom Wind, executive vice president of consumer lending at U.S. Bank.

South Florida is the nation's capital of mortgage fraud, property data firm CoreLogic says.

Summer sales of single-family homes in Thurston County, Wash., ended with a bang in August as sales nearly matched last year's red-hot results and the median price climbed almost 10% over August 2018.

Credit decisions were a natural place to start with artificial intelligence, but now banks and credit unions are taking the technology to all parts of their businesses.

Stearns Lending canceled plans for an auction after almost two-thirds of its noteholders approved a bankruptcy reorganization proposal that would solidify Blackstone's ownership of the company.

A swell of refinance demand amid a low mortgage rate environment pushed lender profit margin outlooks to the highest level since the first quarter of 2015, according to Fannie Mae.