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Lenders should be aware auditors are focusing on 1099 payments due to the concern that the payments could be a vehicle for compensation no longer permissible under the Dodd-Frank Act.

Is the return of mortgage companies to NASCAR sponsorships a sign the industry's recovery from the subprime crisis is speeding ahead, or spinning out of control?

Marketers should try different platforms and see which of them work best for their needs.

The loans have better-than-average credit and home equity metrics, according to Standard & Poor's. The deal lacks fraud-related representations and warranties, but all loans are performing, DBRS finds.

As Fannie Mae reports another big profit and the repayment of its government bailout, key questions remain about the size of taxpayers’ return and the mortgage giant’s business model.

Sales of previously owned homes dropped in January to the lowest level in more than a year as harsh winter weather combined with a lack of supply, tight credit and declining affordability slowed demand.

Lenders must give these to consumers who apply for home equity lines of credit and adjustable rate mortgages.

After eight straight profitable quarters and record annual income, Fannie Mae's dividend payments to the U.S. Treasury now exceed the bailout funds it's received since 2008.

The giant servicer wants third-party property sellers to use its online auction portal.

The Mortgage Bankers Association is trying "to get the regulators to just be aware of where one rule conflicts with another," says the trade group's president, David Stevens.