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Mortgage professional hiring and new job appointments for the week ending July 3.

The delinquency rate on commercial mortgage-backed securities rose from May to June, according to Trepp's monthly report.

Mortgage rates rose, sending the average for 30-year loans to the highest since October.

The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights wants to recapitalize Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to provide a secure source of funding for affordable housing.

The share of U.S. home purchases made with cash has fallen to a five-year low as investors pull back from a property market that's rebounding without them.

The chief executive officers of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac may see more than a sixfold increase in their compensation to $4 million in spite of objections from President Obama's administration and some lawmakers.

Walker & Dunlop, through the Department of Housing and Urban Development's Lean 232 program, closed the first Rental Assistance Demonstration program loan for a health care facility.

Lower gas prices can accelerate the home-selling process, and make the deal more lucrative for the seller, according to a new study.

Stonegate Mortgage will expand its consumer-direct operations in Scottsdale, Ariz., with plans to add about 50 employees.

The narrowing gap between what large and small lenders pay in guarantee fees to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac has helped the industry's smallest originators grow their share of mortgages sold to the government-sponsored enterprises.