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Georgia's Department of Banking and Finance has finalized a cease-and-desist order against Community Legal Center.

Purchases of new homes unexpectedly declined in November to a four-month low, underscoring a lack of momentum this year in residential real estate.

Two electronic document management software companies — Axacore Inc.and Scrypt Inc. — will merge effective Dec. 31 under the Scrypt name.

The government-sponsored enterprises' changes to their representations and warranties regulations could increase lending, or cause taxpayer losses related to GSE purchases of bad loans. Here's why advocates like the move.

The U.S. housing market has improved modestly since the beginning of the year, according to Freddie Mac's latest Multi-Indicator Market Index.

Market participants are encouraged by the FHFA's move to ease repurchase requirements — which will likely result in a continued domination of the market by government agencies.

Home prices rose more than economists estimated in October as rising employment and falling interest rates boosted buyer demand.

Many mortgage originators waste money and get a small return on their investment because they make one or more mistakes when contacting their past, present and future clients by email.

Remember when nobody wanted to touch U.S. subprime-mortgage debt? That's just a distant memory as they deliver some of the bond market's best returns.

Radian Group Inc. agreed to sell its bond guarantor to Assured Guaranty Ltd. for $810 million to free up capital as the company prepares for tighter oversight of mortgage insurance.