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Nearly 20 trade groups representing lenders, banks, credit unions, title companies and others are urging federal regulators to provide guidance on how they plan to enforce a new mortgage disclosure regime that goes into effect Oct. 3.

Mortgage applications fell 6.2% from a week earlier on a seasonally adjusted basis for the seven days ended Sept. 4, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

Amid growing concerns about compliance costs in title insurance, a trio of title agents has formed a consortium to help smaller firms manage their back offices more efficiently.

Fidelity National Financial has promoted two executives to the position of co-chief operating officer.

The first Fannie Mae Home Purchase Sentiment Index fell 0.5 points to 80.8 in August from where it would have been in July.

Total home equity in the United States mortgage market has risen nearly $1 trillion year-over-year to $7.6 trillion, the highest level since 2007, according to Black Knight Financial Services.

Walter Investment Management has reached a settlement with federal authorities over reverse-mortgage practices at a business unit.

Mortgage companies must rethink their recruitment strategies and emphasize company culture to attract millennials, or they will become the banks they once worked to replace.

Years after the great American housing bust, mortgages akin to the so-called liar loans — which were made without verifying people’s finances — are creeping back into the market.

Guaranteed Rate has added 75 former Discover Home Loans employees as well as the Irvine, Calif., call center facility that they worked at.