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The CFPB's new rules on originations rank at the top of mortgage lenders' worries these days, but they have plenty more. Scores of home equity lines of credit made during the height of the housing boom are on the verge of resetting. Regulators are demanding that lenders improve oversight of home appraisers. And Fannie and Freddie are cautioning lenders not to sell them anything other than pristine loans. Here are six issues that are keeping mortgage lenders up nights.

From tight credit conditions to empty nesters, here is a litany of problems weighing on the housing market, as summarized in the minutes of last month's Federal Reserve policy meeting.

Learn how the some of the industry's most successful loan originators get it done with these tricks of the trade from the 2015 Top Producers rankings' top 12 loan officers of the South.

New ability to repay/qualified mortgage rules and other regulations going into effect next year will present additional risks for the industry. Excerpts from this recent NMN/American Banker/PaymentsSource webinar highlight some key ones.

Photos from the 15th Annual Mortgage Technology Awards Ceremony in Las Vegas

Higher costs could have the biggest impact on this part of the mortgage business in 2014, according to originators.

Constraints on GSE loan volume and an overall dearth of liquidity were among the biggest issues at hand during the Mortgage Bankers Association's Secondary Market Conference in New York. Here's a recap of the event.

It's not just about cutting lawns and patching holes. To convey a foreclosed property into the Department of Housing and Urban Development's ownership, servicers are on the hook for every last detail of a vacant house. Here are five key pieces of the preservation puzzle.

A company's decision to commit to offering the loans despite new rules that increase their liability resonates with one reader. More reactions to recent stories follow.

New rules the industry is contending with continue to be overwhelming and often unclear but there are still areas that some think need reform, recent reader comments suggest. It all adds up to depict a challenging mortgage business environment today that, as one reader puts it, "Ain't for sissies."