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Realtors expect sales of previously owned homes will fall short of last year's total.

The company attributed the loss to costs associated with its recent acquisition of Nationstar's wholesale lending channel, as well as adjustments in mortgage servicing rights.

Launching the new division is a "key step" in becoming a more diversified mortgage company, says CEO Ed Fay.

The Mortgage Technology Awards recognize innovative technology developers and users that are promoting more efficient and cost-effective lending practices. The awards are among the most coveted in the industry.

A rally in the mortgage-bond market may send home-loan rates to the lowest in almost a year, bolstering a slowing real estate recovery.

Buyers still exist for mortgage platforms. The problem is that the gap in pricing expectations for buyers and sellers has widened since refinance activity stalled last summer.

Productivity is reduced when loan officers, processors and underwriters ask borrowers for the same data.

As the market slows for post-downturn, private-label, residential mortgage-backed securities—known as RMBS 2.0—an industry group thinks it's time to start preparing for version 3.0.

Confidence among homebuilders dropped in May to the lowest level in a year, showing the residential real estate market may be slow to recover after an unusually harsh winter.

Some words of advice to pass on to your referral sources and clients about the post-underwriting checks now in place.