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Essent Group, a mortgage insurance company based in Radnor, Pa., reported higher third-quarter profits, due to a surge in revenue from premiums.

Redwood Trust Inc., the specialist in jumbo mortgages, said it entered into a risk-sharing deal with government-backed Fannie Mae on smaller home loans.

Photos from the 15th Annual Mortgage Technology Awards Ceremony in Las Vegas

PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust and its sister company, PennyMac Financial Services, reported a rise in quarterly profits.

Narayan Bharadwaj, the former general manager and head of mortgage technology vendor Wipro Gallagher Solutions, will serve as president and chief operating officer of the newly created professional services division of document preparation vendor DocuTech.

Lack of diversity in the sales force is one of several nagging issues underlying mortgage lenders' concerns about tepid home sales.

Mortgage rates increased for the second consecutive week, according to data released Thursday by Freddie Mac.

We can't really talk about the millennial buyer until we talk about the baby boomer seller.

Genworth Financial Inc. posted a third-quarter loss of $844 million, driven by costs tied to its long-term care insurance operation.

The move comes as the FHFA seeks to curtail advances to mortgage REITs and tighten FHLB membership rules.