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The Federal Housing Finance Agency will extend the same GSE benchmarks of the past three years into 2021.

The technology company reiterated its call for the hostile bidders to raise their $65 per share offer.

Issuers approved for the program will receive written authority to use "digital collateral" for a limited number of securitizations.

The median price for detached homes in Marin County, Calif., rose 5.3% in June over the prior year, marking the first solid gain since the coronavirus arrested the market.

Ocwen Financial's preliminary second-quarter results put it back in the black, and it is positioning its growing distressed-servicing expertise and pandemic-induced exposures as a net positive.

Rocket Cos. profits were over 35 times greater than what it disclosed for the first quarter.

A strong housing market prior to the pandemic and the subsequent coronavirus-related moratorium helped to pull foreclosure activity down to historic lows in the first half of 2020, though that could all change soon, according to Attom Data Solutions.

Buyers in metro Denver who expected to have an easier time snagging a discounted home given all the economic turmoil may need to recalculate.

The coronavirus relief law allows forbearance plans for up to a year on federally backed mortgages, but House Democrats say homeowners have had difficulty getting relief.

The surge of COVID-19 cases in much of the nation put a hold on reopening the economy, adding risk to the housing market, First American said.

Homebuilder outlook improved in July and is back at pre-pandemic levels as the housing market continued to lure buyers looking for more space and attracted by record-low interest rates.

The Detroit lender disclosed that the consumer bureau had sent a civil investigative demand to Rocket Homes Real Estate for potential violations of the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act.

Remarks that the head of the mortgage broker association made about a Quicken Loan executive's wife in a video text exchange led to a defamation lawsuit, and housing-finance companies are taking sides.

Managing a major lender in the midst of COVID fears and social unrest has required a rethink of banking norms. Exploring the executive decisions all leaders must consider is the recipient of American Banker's Banker of the Year award.

Mortgage rates slid further this week, as the conforming 30-year fixed loan fell below the 3% mark for the first time in the 50 years Freddie Mac has tracked this information.

The consumer agency alleges Townstone Financial's CEO and president made statements on a radio show discouraging applicants living in Black neighborhoods from seeking home loans.

The Pittsburgh bank says fewer borrowers are asking for help and that many borrowers who received assistance are making payments again. But with the coronavirus pandemic still raging in much of the country, CEO William Demchak and other bankers are tempering their optimism.

The Minneapolis company said 75% transactions have been handled online since the pandemic hit.

Any intention that Ginnie Mae may have had to slow prepayment rates by changing the rules on RPLs seems to be thwarted by the grim economic reality facing the big banks.

Strong growth in refinance volume following several weeks of so-so activity drove a 5.1% week-to-week increase in mortgage applications, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.