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A former head of commercial real estate at Wilmington Trust Corp. was charged with bank fraud, bribery and money laundering, the Office of the Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program said.

The Mortgage Insurance Companies of America’s membership had dwindled to three of the industry's eight companies.

Residential builders boost hiring in January, which could be a good sign for housing market.

The bureau wants to expand data collection to detect troublesome trends and effectiveness of QM rule.

Hendrix Montecastro and his mother were both convicted in a $142 million scheme.

Citigroup and Assurant have agreed to pay $110 million to settle charges that it forced thousands of homeowners to purchase expensive property insurance in order to profit from kickbacks and commissions.

Acquiring the mortgage analytics vendor Interthinx would give First American more products and services to match its rival title insurer Fidelity National — and former subsidiary CoreLogic, spun off in 2010.

Housing boom-era mortgage securitizations, written off as "toxic waste" during the financial crisis, are performing better than investors once expected, thanks to the rebound in home prices.

The appraisal industry has seen many changes within the past few years, and with greater oversight and scrutiny coming from every direction—appraisers are under the microscope.

Green Tree Servicing, a unit of Walter Investment Management, is leaving the wholesale mortgage lending business.