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Mortgage industry hiring and new job appointments for the week ending Oct. 27.

Nearly 1.4 million residential properties were vacant as of the end of the third quarter, representing 1.58% of all U.S. residential properties, according to Attom Data Solutions.

Radian Group reported third-quarter net income of $65 million after taking $57.8 million in pretax charges — $12 million of which is related to the Clayton Holdings restructuring.

Walter Investment Management Corp. was supposed to prosper by snapping up mortgage cast-offs from big banks at fire-sale prices. Instead, Walter is belatedly joining the list of companies burned by the U.S. housing crisis.

The Michigan company's third-quarter results were down slightly from a year earlier despite increased commercial lending and a wider net interest margin.

Equifax continues work to add new security features and restore full access to The Work Number following a report highlighting potential security vulnerabilities in a browser-based portal of its employment verification service.

LoanCare, a Virginia Beach, Va.-based subservicer, can now service mortgages registered with MERS as e-notes by using DocMagic's e-vaulting technology.

Mortgage industry hiring and new job appointments for the week ending Oct. 20.

The way lenders need to submit payment information on certain student loans in order to calculate a borrower's monthly debt-to-income ratio is changing at Freddie Mac.

MGIC Investment Corp.'s third-quarter net income of $120 million was more than double the $56.6 million for the same period last year as its losses incurred fell by over 50%.