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The September volume of new home purchase mortgage applications remained unchanged from the previous month.

Although the case ostensibly turns on whether loan officers should be paid for overtime, the high court is focused on whether government agencies have the right to substantially change regulations without seeking public comment.

Officials want to remove the risk that questions about a dealer’s liquidity could lead to wholesale dumping of assets. Treasuries and mortgage securities represent about 85% of daily repo transactions

It's not been a stellar year for mortgage lending, with national origination volumes expected to end 2014 down by one-third or more.

Complete Financial Solutions in Spokane, Wash., has agreed to buy Northern Star Financial in Mankato, Minn.

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Independent originators could be shut out from offering this product as there is no secondary market.

Student loan debt has simultaneously reduced younger consumers' ability to get a mortgage and burdened their older family members, a TransUnion study shows.

Freddie Mac is building a business to originate small apartment loans, between $1 million and $5 million, as part of its mandate to support affordable housing.

Wells Fargo will pay up to $5 million to resolve allegations it discriminated against mothers on maternity leave, the largest settlement of such claims ever reached by the Department of Housing and Urban Development.