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The rate of home price growth increased rapidly early in 2013, and after a brief summer pause, home prices have again picked up as we near the end of the year.

The individual performance of mortgage-related companies in this publication’s equity index ranged from a gain of about 5% to a loss of about 1% in value on the day.

Mel Watt, set to become director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, is making both agency and non-agency MBS investors nervous.

Low inventories continue to support rising home values.

Following new legislation issued by the CFPB earlier in November, the mortgage industry’s voluntary standards organization has extended the comment period beyond yearend 2013.

Mortgage loans originated this year are favorable towards borrowers, but there may be a shift in risk and eligibility as the market moves into a purchase and first time homebuyer market.

The CFPB's "Know Before You Owe" rule combining TILA and RESPA disclosures "is one of the largest and most impactful regulatory changes credit unions have probably ever seen,” one analyst says.

Colonial Savings installed new mortgage software and consequently tripled loan volume, cut costs and improved compliance without reducing headcount.

Loan buybacks fall to the lowest level in 5 years with $1.8 billion in the third quarter.

More builders are getting new single-family construction permits amid home sales declines, which one insider sees as a natural market adjustment that will not inhibit the housing market recovery.