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Deutsche Bank officials have received the go-ahead to finance U.S. home lenders, something it has not done since the financial crisis. The bank's plan is to finance a small, but potentially much larger, mortgage segment that falls outside government standards.

The investment management firm Asset Recovery Cos. has merged with the hard-asset lender Yale Mortgage Funding.

Hiring in the mortgage industry slowed in August, as small lenders added just a few hundred workers to their payrolls, but still managed to increase their headcount for the fourth month in a row.

Ben Bernanke said the mortgage market is still so tight that he's having a hard time refinancing his own home loan.

FHA commissioner Galante initiated the handbook rewrite to provide more detail and certainty for lenders.

The Supreme Court said Thursday it would hear a case related to the use of "disparate impact" theory to pursue entities for unintentional discrimination, a move that could have significant ramifications for banks.

Mortgage Contracting Services has bought CoreLogic's real estate owned and property businesses.

Mortgage credit availability remained unchanged in September, according to data released Thursday by the Mortgage Bankers Association.

It might be time for the industry to consider a "less is more" view when it comes to offering consumers mortgage product options.

Mortgage rates dipped slightly for the week ending Oct. 2 despite strong GDP data, according to a weekly report from Freddie Mac.