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The past few weeks will likely go down in history as the tense time period when two famous people suffered health ailments that at first seemed very serious but later turned out to be false health alarms.

Commercial mortgage-backed securities risk as measured by an index of underwriting and macroeconomic variables is up 11 points from 2013. That's still below its 2007 level, a researcher noted Thursday.

A bankruptcy court judge sunk investors' hopes in their latest lawsuit against Lehman Brothers, which they claim broke contracts in junk mortgage-backed securities sold during the bubble years.

Here are three ideas that can be implemented between now and Jan. 2 to get your business in 2015 off to a flying start.

Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Mel Watt's decision Thursday to stand up the affordable housing trust funds sharply divided lawmakers along party lines, with Democrats welcoming the decision as overdue while Republicans denounced it as a mistake.

Stonegate Mortgage is planning to add over 175 jobs in Southern California.

There's little point to Fannie and Freddie's large profits if that money is remitted to the Treasury rather than making the GSEs more financially stable.

Mortgage applications for new homes fell 22% in November compared to a month earlier, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

A recent study found that homeowners who choose not to refinance lose out on tens of thousands of dollars in savings.

The Steve Fraser Visionary Award is a lifetime achievement award that honors the accomplishments of an outstanding mortgage technology innovator, visionary or evangelizer. Learn about this year's finalists and see who won the 2014 MT Award.