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These firms believe they will continue to grow their businesses.

Both private mortgage insurers got buy recommendations from the investment bank.

There is no place on the new loan estimate and closing disclosure for disclosing lender-paid compensation, says Don Frommeyer, president of the National Association of Mortgage Brokers. Thus the form might not be appropriate for mortgage brokers to use. Several readers commented on Frommeyer’s statement.

It will use CoreLogic data to empower research conducted by the Urban Institute’s Housing Finance Policy Center.

Rising interest rates means lenders’ refinance business will dwindle, forcing them to compete for buyers by potentially loosening their lending standards.

Yields for 10-year Treasury notes rose to the highest level in more than two months Wednesday.

If the switch is not done right, originators are setting themselves up for trouble.

Not much good has been said about those loan officers that scoop up the business that falls into the company’s lap, but that will change in the future.

Compensation for the business will be at a significant amount above book value.

A continuing reduction in bank-owned foreclosure inventories alongside third-quarter existing home inventory increases suggests “inventory bottomed early in 2013.”