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Home Partners of America is securitizing a portfolio of single family rental homes with a unique feature: the tenants lease-to-own.

Mortgage professional hiring and new job appointments for the week ending Jan. 22.

The Federal Housing Finance Agency may face legislation or a lawsuit in the near future as it tries to force captive insurance companies to exit the Federal Home Loan Bank System.

While a flourishing multifamily market is a boon to apartment lenders, increasing demand for units signals lean times are ahead for renters.

Purchases of previously owned homes rose more than projected in December, helped in part by warmer weather and wrapping up the best year since 2006.

First-time homebuyers are finally jumping into the U.S. property market.

Credit unions' share of the mortgage origination market has climbed steadily since the financial crisis. The sector expects to build on that momentum in 2016, even as significant headwinds loom.

Home prices rose 8.8% in December on a year-over-year basis, as the dearth of available homes forced prices up, according to Redfin.

MGIC Investment Corp. posted net income of $102.4 million in the fourth quarter, a gain of 36% from the $75.1 million it earned in the same period in 2014.

Barclays Plc is exiting residential mortgage and commercial mortgage backed securities trading and asset-backed derivative in the U.S., according to a memo seen by Bloomberg. Operations will be focused on origination-led ABS and primary CMBS.