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Providing borrowers with an incentive to create financial reserves after closing is a better tool to prevent mortgage loan defaults than measures taken at underwriting, a JPMorgan Chase Institute study declared.

Increasing pessimism about housing is driving Fannie Mae's estimates for originations this year down a little further.

The Twin Cities housing market continues to show signs of a shift to a buyers' market.

The retreat in Atlanta's housing market is becoming a rout as the number of home sales last month took a double-digit tumble from a year ago.

The Portland, Ore, company also benefited from lower expenses and an improved efficiency ratio.

Former Chair Janet Yellen defended the Fed, expressed worry for the economy and gave advice to women on the rise at the MBA Annual Convention this week.

The mortgages being reinsured are more seasoned than most other deals rated by Morningstar, which helps offset the risk of lower initial weighed average LTV.

ReverseVision and Stratmor Group are building a benchmark for Home Equity Conversion Mortgages that could help determine how well these Federal Housing Administration loans serve seniors.

Northeast Ohio home sales stuttered in September, cooling as autumn set in and as prices and mortgage rates climbed.

MGIC Investment Corp.'s quarterly earnings were again driven by better-than-expected loss development, and those favorable results should be seen in the other private mortgage insurers' results as well, an industry analyst said.