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Essent Guaranty is marketing $360.75 million of notes linked to the performance of a pool of residential mortgages that it insures; its following in the footsteps of Arch Capital.

Crossroads Systems Inc. has relaunched with the acquisition of a community development financial institution focused on the Hispanic mortgage market.

Employment in the nonbank mortgage lender and brokerage sector is falling in the face of rising interest rates and the limited supply of homes for sale.

The Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corp. reported significant gains in new business volume, but also realized a big jump in 90-day delinquencies.

Connecticut's housing market in January had a split personality, with median single-family home prices increasing by 3.4% even as the number of homes sold fell by 3.7%.

Chicago-based mortgage lender Guaranteed Rate has laid off about 180 employees around the country — including about 30 in Chicago — after the amount of new mortgage loans the company funded dipped in 2017.

New Jersey lawmakers are tackling legislation that would create an easier path for developers to finance large-scale economic development projects with bonds.

Mortgage industry hiring and new job appointments for the week ending March 9.

The Trump administration's new tariffs on imported steel and aluminum may raise prices on a variety of consumer and commercial products, but will only put minimal strain on the housing industry.

Over 40% of the collateral is from two 2016-vintage transactions that were recently "collapsed" because proceeds from liquidations had slowed. Then there's the exposure to Puerto Rico.