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Meeting people and getting to know them remains the most successful way of getting new clients.

Word-of-mouth marketing led to a total of seven large mortgage deals for the author.

Home prices rose 6.1% in October from a year earlier, representing 32 consecutive months of appreciation, according to CoreLogic.

Thomas Provenzano, a Connecticut man who in January pleaded guilty to real estate fraud, was sentenced to 18 months imprisonment to be followed by five years of supervised release.

Fidelity National Financial, a title insurance company based in Jacksonville, Fla., has agreed to acquire BPG Holdings, a home warranty firm in Alpharetta, Ga.

VirPack released a new Web portal for consumers to submit digital copies of borrower verification documents to mortgage lenders.

Delinquency rates for commercial and multifamily mortgages declined in the third quarter, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

Genworth Financial Inc. fell in New York trading as JPMorgan Chase & Co. cut its price target, citing a reserve shortfall at the insurer.

Despite the opinions of many that low-down-payment mortgages didn't cause the housing crisis, the fact is that these types of loans did contribute mightily to the bubble that burst.

It's not often that competing financial institutions agree to share, but that's not the case for two Florida credit unions.