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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.”

A building containing Macy’s corporate headquarters secures the loan collateralizing the $450 million commercial mortgage-backed securitization.

Investors are anticipating the Federal Reserve to start its taper program soon and that impacted interest rates during a short week.

There was strong homebuyer demand in all four regions tracked in a government report, surprising many economists who had predicted a slight decline overall.