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Since the launch of vacant-loan sales, a majority have come from properties located in 10 states, HUD reported.

In the midst of a separation between Mike Kortas and Mat Grella, the company's CEO sets course to double headcount.

Despite signs of inventory returning, prices and loan amounts are trending higher this year, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association.

But the pace of home price growth between January and February was nearly double the level seen prior to the pandemic.

Despite advancements in AI for transaction monitoring, financial institutions share little in the way of fraud data, undermining efforts to combat crimes including check fraud.

With high deposit and borrowing costs persisting amid the Federal Reserve's campaign against inflation, lenders face stress on their net interest margins and the potential of troubled loans ticking up.

Dean Wheeler will drive the firm's growth push in the U.S. and follows the London firm promoting Serenity Morley to COO, to drive growth globally.

Refinance-driven prepayments responded to lower rates in February, rising to a high not seen in 17 months, according to ICE's latest Mortgage Monitor report.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau received nearly 28,000 mortgage-related consumer grievances in 2023, the regulator said.

This is the second suit related to United Wholesale Mortgage's All-In initiative to get recommended for dismissal in a federal court.