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Bankrate’s weekly national survey shows rates rebounded for all loan types with the 30-year fixed mortgage rate climbing to 4.72%.

Financial institutions are on the lookout and preparing to fight new mortgage repurchase demands from the government-sponsored enterprises now reviewing files from as far back as 2002.

In August asking home prices increased 11% year-over-year but only 1.2% month-over-month and 3.1% quarter-over-quarter.

Nearly half of the borrowers participating in an online National Foundation for Credit Counseling survey would rather talk to a qualified professional when facing financial distress.

A national alliance has been established with a goal of protecting and promoting sustainable homeownership for all 75 million existing homeowners and aspiring homebuyers across the country.

At one-tenth of a percentage point the seemingly small quarterly decline in the delinquency rate of loans held in commercial mortgage-backed securities during the second quarter of 2013 is the largest on record.

ISGN is working to increase the functionality of its loan origination system, the new chief executive said.

JPMorgan Chase agreed to pay $18.3 million to settle claims that its Bear Stearns Cos. unit failed to disclose the actual interest rates on adjustable-rate mortgage documents.

Genworth Financial has added two new executives to the management team at its U.S. mortgage insurance subsidiary.

Residential mortgage lender Cobalt Mortgage, Kirkland, Wash., has opened a new branch in Bellingham, its 19th office in the state.