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The third annual survey seeks to identify and recognize the best employers in the industry.

The California plan to create a new, tougher state regulatory agency is at the finish line after lawmakers agreed to key exemptions for banks while maintaining strong enforcement measures for payday lenders and other firms.

For the first time since June 7, the number of loans going into coronavirus-related forbearance didn't decrease from the week before, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

The refinance boom kept mortgage loan application defect risk flat, with record-low levels in July, but fraud risk for purchases climbed again, according to First American Financial.

A Quincy, Mass., real estate broker pleaded not guilty to nine charges, including money laundering and forgery, for what prosecutors say is the theft of $800,000 from deposit checks.

Blackstone Group, which led Wall Street's initial foray into the single-family rental business, is making a new investment in suburban houses at a time when the COVID-19 pandemic is pressuring traditional commercial real estate.

Mortgage industry hiring and new job appointments for the week ending Aug. 28.

While the overall amount of foreclosures continued to decline due to the coronavirus moratorium, the share of zombie properties grew during the third quarter, according to Attom Data Solutions.

As the end of the first six-month forbearance period arrives, the impact of the new cap is coming into focus.

Three non-QM deal issuers in August report varying levels of progress in moving borrowers from expired forbearance programs.