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The average rate for the 30-year fixed declined four basis points to 4.42%.

The plan resolves more than $100 billion in potential lawsuits.

There’s plenty of risk out there, with flash floods in the mountains, mudslides in California, wildfires and killer tornadoes.

Foreclosure filings continued to fall in November, due in large part to the fewest amount of homeowners starting the process since December 2005.

Senate Banking Committee leaders raised objections, claiming it would make “real” GSE reform more difficult.

Helping loan officers navigate the “new world” of mortgage lending as interest rates continue to rise.

The company, which went public two months ago, did $2.3 billion of originations in the third quarter.

Pent-up demand and stronger economic growth will propel the housing market next year.

A new hybrid appraisal product is now being offered that fills the gap between an automated valuation model with property condition report and a field appraisal.

The firm has entered into a definitive agreement with an undisclosed national depository to acquire a pool of mortgage servicing rights backed by Fannie Mae.