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Potential homebuyers are worried about the inventory shortage and rising prices in regards to current market conditions.

Under the settlement, Ally will pay $1.95 billion in cash to the ResCap bankruptcy estate, plus $150 million in insurance proceeds.

Pending home sales in California fell 3.7% on a month-to-month basis in April.

Despite the national negative equity rate falling through the first quarter of 2013, millions of homeowners with mortgages that are not underwater still lack enough equity even if they wanted to move.

Long-term mortgage rates rose further during the week ending May 23.

Freddie Mac is starting to securitize modified single-family loans.

Toll Brothers is finding more buyers for jumbo loans, including a major insurance company.

Quandis’ valuation system is completely Web-based and enables asset management outsourcers to manage the placement, receipt, distribution, processing and automatic delivery of broker price opinion orders in one automated platform.

Of the 17 Mortgage Industry Equity Composite members, 15 closed lower and 13 had a loss of greater than 1%.

FeatherStone Investment Group has begun underwriting and structuring its first rental income securitization.