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Mortgage rates for 30-year loans fell to a six-month low, reducing borrowing costs for homebuyers as the property market cools amid a slow economic recovery.

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will pay the U.S. Treasury Department a combined $10.2 billion by June 30, an amount reflecting the profits the U.S.-owned mortgage financiers reported for the first quarter.

Even if private securitization deals are smaller or fewer, Clayton's loan review and due diligence services should be in hot demand as memories of the crisis linger, Radian reckons.

A New York mortgage banker and five others were indicted for their alleged roles in a $30 million property flipping scheme that defrauded lenders, investors and secondary market participants.

Your mortgage marketing strategy and brand must evoke trust because of the people who were in the business only to make a buck during the boom.

Most of what I've been visiting with you about in this series has been about conversion, since I expect it to be the word of the year for 2014.

Mortgage applications increased 5.3% for the week ending May 2, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

Lenders are touting these loans to independent originators as an alternative way to make money in a new regulatory environment where the qualified mortgage rule caps salespeople's pay.

The $305 million deal will give the mortgage insurance company another source of capital to support its operations.

The fate of low-income and minority families under housing finance reform remains at the heart of negotiations over a Senate bill, highlighting a longstanding split between advocates pushing for affordable rental options and those urging access to homeownership.