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Mortgage industry hiring and new job appointments for the week ending April 7.

A modernistic, mint-colored house at 1845 Deslonde St. in the Lower 9th Ward was on sale for $85,000. It was listed as a bank foreclosure, which usually means the former owner couldn't pay the mortgage, so the bank took over the property and is selling it off at market value.

For the third time in recent years, the city of Owensboro, Ky., has launched what it calls a "mass foreclosure," taking aim at 33 properties to satisfy unpaid property taxes and property maintenance liens.

The deteriorating Rubber Bowl could be rock 'n' rolling if the city of Akron, Ohio, rezones it for music concerts, a move its new owners say would unleash millions of dollars in private investments from the other side of the country.

Castle & Cooke Mortgage launched a consumer-direct unit that is focused on capturing repeat business from its existing servicing customers.

The number of bankruptcy filings in Hawaii tumbled 18% in March after three straight months of increases, according to data released by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court, District of Hawaii.

Speaking at a town hall event in Washington, JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon said that post-crisis regulations have made mortgages too costly for consumers — and made homeownership unattainable for borrowers with low incomes or blemished credit histories.

Late payments on securitized commercial mortgages rose again in March, led by industrial and retail property loans.

Freddie Mac has obtained two new insurance policies under its Agency Credit Insurance Structure program.

Colorado Springs-area foreclosure activity continued to decline during the first quarter, according to the El Paso County Public Trustee's Office.