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Homebuyers snapped up properties more quickly in May, the brokerage firm Redfin said.

Radian Group in Philadelphia has agreed to purchase $389 million of its convertible senior notes.

The deal, called New Residential Mortgage Loan Trust 2015-1, is the company’s first of the year; it completed three last year.

Mortgage rates dropped as Europeans worrying about a Greek default beefed up investments in American mortgage-backed bonds.

Optimism abounds in Fannie Mae's survey of mortgage lenders for the second quarter of 2015.

WASHINGTON — After months of declining industry and congressional pleas to delay an impending rule combining two mortgage disclosure regimes, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Wednesday announced a two-month delay due to an "administrative error."

Residential mortgages for new purchases increased in May, after a steady decline for the previous 12 months, according to Ellie Mae's monthly volume report.

Lenders continued to refinance mortgages through the Home Affordable Refinancing Program in April, the Federal Housing Finance Agency reported.

Wells Fargo has hired a new head of commercial real estate lending for its Orange County, Calif., office.

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