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Of the 17 Mortgage Industry Equity Composite members, 10 were down, six gained and one broke even.

A new Canada-only securities transaction collateralized by a co-ownership interest in a pool of residential property-secured lines of credit could prove to be a model for future deals of interest to U.S. investors.

Wells Fargo persuaded a U.S. judge to dismiss some claims against it in a lawsuit by the federal government accusing the lender of home mortgage fraud because they were filed too late.

The Mortgage Grapevine is discussing one of the biggest issues of the day in Washington, the lifting of the debt ceiling.

KB Home’s CEO thinks the mortgage-rate-driven slowdown in the housing market’s recovery will not last.

Life insurers had a loss of 1.92% on their commercial mortgage investments in 2Q13, the first time this has occurred since the fourth quarter of 2008.

Kenneth Tebbs has been sentenced to 78 months in prison after pleading guilty to one count of wire fraud in connection with a real estate investment scheme.

Sen. Bob Corker, a co-author of legislation to overhaul the mortgage finance market, forcefully defended his proposal that private capital take at least 10% of the first loss on mortgage-backed securities.

First Niagara Financial Group promoted Tom Faughnan to become senior director of its residential mortgage business.