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Senate Republicans plan to make it even tougher to get nominations through in President Obama’s second term, and that includes the mortgage arena.

Freddie Mac purchased $62.5 billion in mortgage loans and securities in November, up 25% from the month prior.

The National Fair Housing Alliance has filed a federal housing discrimination complaint against Allstate alleging its “no flat roofs” insurance policy discriminates against people of color.

No longer confined to major cities with historically large numbers of renters, the affordable housing shortage is growing across the country.

The drop in Home Affordable Refinance Program refis occurred mostly in refinancings with loan-to-value ratios above 125%, which totaled 18,300 in October.

The 77-year-old defendant is accused of mail fraud, wire fraud and securities fraud.

The word “tragedy” gets thrown around a lot, but I think it’s true in Mozilo’s case.

The average rate for a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage increased by five basis points to 3.37% during the week ending Dec. 20.

Overall, existing-home sales are up 14.5% from a year ago.

While Genworth MI Canada Inc. is separately traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange, Genworth Financial still owns a majority stake in the company.