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Freddie Mac has expanded the amount of ongoing loan-level data it discloses about mortgages it insures in an effort to boost appetite for reinsurance.

CIT Group, the commercial lender run by John Thain, found a material weakness in the accounting of a mortgage business, causing the company to delay the filing of its annual report to the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Home prices rose 6.9% in January compared to a year ago, according to CoreLogic.

Ocwen Financial Corp. and Walter Investment Management Corp. both recorded full-year losses in 2015, though that is where comparisons between the two companies cease.

New services seek to replace lender processes that often involve manually updated spreadsheets and other efforts pieced together to meet steepening regulatory requirements for vendor management.

Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance has agreed to acquire Apollo Residential Mortgage.

Attorneys Title Agency has acquired the direct operations of Stewart Title in Michigan.

Radian Guaranty is filing a new rate structure, lowering its premiums for higher-quality borrowers and raising them for those with lower credit scores.

Redwood Trust is "repositioning" its mortgage business by focusing mainly on jumbo loans, according to its top executives.

Radian Group's Clayton Holdings hired Brian Wornow to be senior managing director of lending services as the mortgage-information unit seeks more business from Wall Street firms.