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The latest average, weekly Freddie Mac fixed-rate declines are smaller than previous ones. The next Mortgage Bankers Association survey will show whether applications have continued to increase in response.

Advancing the HARP cutoff date would only increase uncertainties in the MBS market, official says.

KB Home experienced the best gains on the day among stocks included in this publication's Mortgage Industry Equity Composite.

In the past few years a handful of online lenders have emerged to capture 10% origination share.

Title agents have felt some residual heat from new rules, and they will directly feel the burn if the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau points a blow-torch at the closing process.

Housing Finance Agencies across the U.S. are rapidly expanding to restore the fading dream of homeownership.

The Patchogue, N.Y.-based mortgage lender is using a new platform to enhance service, sales and compliance.

Refinancing dominated application activity, the Mortgage Bankers Association's report weekly report shows.

A Moody's report suggests that roughly a dozen regional banks are at risk of sustaining meaningful credit losses on home-equity lines of credit that were originated in the boom years and are scheduled to reset over the next three years.

Debt service coverage ratio has been the one commercial mortgage-backed securities underwriting metric to improve, but higher rates are likely to reverse its course.