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Mortgage insurer Radian Guaranty Inc. reported a nearly 5.6% month-over-month increase in the volume of new primary mortgage insurance written in September while claims on delinquent loans declined.

Consumer confidence in the housing market rebounded in Fannie Mae's latest national consumer attitudes survey.

Builders in Phoenix and areas from Sacramento, California, to Orlando, Florida, are sweetening offers as sales slow in some of the country's most volatile housing markets.

Interthinx has partnered with Collateral Analytics to launch an automated appraisal, collateral evaluation and mortgage origination compliance risk assessment tool.

B of A mortgage strategists are concerned these underserved borrowers will keep housing market activity at "anemic levels."

Home prices increased 6.4% in August compared to a year earlier, according to data from CoreLogic.

DocMagic, a document provider for the mortgage industry, said that it has launched a version of its service through Liquid Logics' cloud-based loan origination system.

MountainView Management Co. plans to buy nonprime mortgages made to borrowers with credit scores in the mid to low-600s, maximum 80% loan-to-value ratios and balances as high as $2.5 million.

Stonegate Mortgage Corp. announced last week that it has formed a new direct-to-consumer mortgage origination business called Stonegate Direct.

Hometown Lenders in Huntsville, Ala., and Sun West Mortgage Co. in Cerritos, Calif., are paying a hefty price for hiring and allowing convicted felons to do business in Georgia.