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Mortgage lenders continue to remain cautious of high-risk borrowers, according to the Lenders One Mortgage Barometer survey released Monday.

Fitch Ratings believes the market disruption caused by mortgages that fail to comply with a new consumer disclosure rules is out of proportion to amount of risk posed to investors.

Eight years after the crash, the housing market still awaits the return of the first-time home buyer. Beyond the struggle to build credit to meet stricter standards, and the difficulty saving for a down payment amid skyrocketing rents and surging student loan burdens, there lies an even simpler explanation: fewer choices.

As a handful of new issuers enter the market and the implementation of a key regulation pave the way for subprime securitization's comeback, the volume of new loans that are actually available to the market remains a question.

MetaSource in Salt Lake City has acquired Titan Lenders Corp. to bolster its mortgage outsourcing and technology capabilities.

Sales of previously owned U.S. homes dropped more than forecast in February as low inventory levels continue to limit progress in housing.

The Manufactured Housing Institute is calling on the Federal Housing Finance Agency to push the government-sponsored enterprises to purchase chattel loans.

As servicers downsize their loss mitigation units, housing counselors are finding the companies' designated points of contact are less experienced, making it more difficult to get packages approved for troubled borrowers.

A trio of private commercial mortgage veterans announced the launch of Shelby Funding in Boca Raton, Fla.