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Plucky mortgage bankers and brokers across the country are betting they can address the needs of the purchase market better than their cost-conscious competition.

Radian's new mortgage insurance written was down 21% year-over-year, but credit quality improved.

The contest, as it were, is not really over when the big game ends.

Mortgage applications volume increased 0.4% on a seasonally adjusted basis for the week ending Jan. 31, according to the MBA.

Republicans insist on making the debt-ridden insurance program actuarially sound.

K-deals transfer a portion of the mortgages' risk away from taxpayers and to private investors who purchase the unguaranteed subordinate bonds in transactions.

Morgan Stanley agreed to pay $1.25 billion to settle a U.S. regulator’s claims that the investment bank sold faulty mortgage-backed securities to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

There were 11 of the 17 Mortgage Industry Equity Composite members which closed higher.

Profits from flipping houses surged last year, but if prices stabilize as expected, this activity could level off.

A lender promises to be “ready to close" loans within 15 business days of receiving an appraisal—a far cry from where the mortgage industry once imagined it was heading.