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The average rates for 30- and 15-year fixed-rate mortgages inched up a bit during the week ending Oct. 10 in Freddie Mac’s latest survey.

Citigroup has hired Barbara Desoer, the former head of mortgages for Bank of America, to help run its retail bank.

Countering the notion that the best risk management policy for social media is not to be in that space.

Putting a hold on sending text messages to clients.

Enterprise Financial and Reliance Bancshares in St. Louis, under pressure to grow like most community banks, believe they have figured out how to expand into faraway markets yet avoid the mistakes that cost many banks during the financial crisis.

Lat week we talked about what the average mortgage bank was looking for in a loan officer, and we touched on what the average mortgage operation was looking for. But, who wants to be average?

The 4506-T Direct product includes IRS transcripts that identify false or inaccurate tax information.

JPMorgan and Barclays are preparing to launch another commercial mortgage-backed securities deal.

The initial public offering of 6.5 million shares of common stock had a public offering price of $20 per share.

Mortgage applications increased 1.3% on a seasonally adjusted basis from one week earlier in the Mortgage Bankers Association’s weekly survey for the week ending Oct. 4.