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This year's spring home-buying season boosted the nation's housing market, according to Realtor.com.

FirstMerit Bank in Akron, Ohio, has partnered with the Skillman Foundation to help residents in downtown Detroit purchase homes.

Universal American Mortgage Co., the mortgage banking subsidiary of Lennar Corp., one of the nation's largest homebuilders, has acquired certain assets of Colorado-based Pinnacle Mortgage Group.

Mortgage applications for purchases and refinances were higher than the week before as interest rates continued to fall towards historic lows.

The 14-term congressman was a dominating force as House Banking Committee chairman. But the savings and loan deregulation bearing his name tarnished his legislative record, and ethics allegations created a cloud of suspicion that led to his ouster.

Carrington Mortgage Services in Santa Ana, Calif., has hired a former JPMorgan Chase & Co. executive to lead its mortgage lending operations.

IMH Financial in Scottsdale, Ariz., reported a loss in earnings for the second quarter, as operating expenses outweighed gains from mortgage loans.

The mortgage interest tax deduction is supposed to encourage homeownership among low- and middle-income Americans. But it primarily benefits higher-income taxpayers, according to a new study from the Mercatus Center at George Mason University.

The Mortgage Industry Standards Maintenance Organization will release two residential mortgage data standard updates in November 2014 and July 2015.