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Mortgage applications increased 0.4% from one week earlier, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

American International Group's mortgage insurance business has secured indemnity reinsurance coverage for a portfolio of policies from 2008 and earlier.

Credit access and homeownership for low- to moderate-income families are under siege by the DOJ's overuse of the False Claims Act, as lenders worried about punitive damages discontinue Federal Housing Administration loan programs.

First Guaranty Mortgage Corp. in Tysons Corner, Va., has purchased consumer-direct lender goodmortgage.com.

Homeowner estimates still outpace appraiser valuations across most of the country, but the gap between the two appears to be shrinking.

HomeBridge Financial's Michael Stallings took a desire to help military veterans and grew that into a hearty business focused on bringing other veterans the cornerstone of homeownership.

The number of homes at some stage in the foreclosure process dropped in March to its lowest level since October 2007, according to CoreLogic.

Commercial real estate executives remain upbeat about their prospects for 2016, though they do see some potential hurdles on the horizon, according to CIT Group's 2016 Commercial Real Estate Outlook survey.

Property valuations for specially serviced U.S. commercial mortgage-backed securities have dipped, according to Fitch Ratings.

The Consumer Mortgage Coalition is arguing that the bill has serious flaws by allowing private insurers to undercut pricing on federal flood insurance policies by offering high deductibles and exclusions to homeowners with mortgages guaranteed by the government-sponsored enterprises.