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The nation’s community bankers have “serious concerns” about the new National Flood Insurance Program slated to take effect next month.

A former mortgage broker who had worked for a business in Beaverton, Ore., faces more than four years of prison time.

Refinance application activity sank to its lowest level since June 2009, while the market share of refi apps is at a point not seen since April 2010.

JPMorgan Chase is easing mortgage lending standards in housing markets hard hit by the crash where prices are surging.

The candidate's ads made a personal connection with voters and created a primary-winning effort.

The impact is already depressing home values and freezing the market in certain communities.

Of the more than 650,000 first-lien mortgage applications submitted online last year, 35% came from someone 50 or older.

Bill McBride of Calculated Risk finds the August Las Vegas housing market trends are offering the best window so far into whether the residential real estate inventory has bottomed.

Starwood's pricing worked out to approximately $24.30 per share.

Even though the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 125 points, just nine Mortgage Industry Equity Composite members closed higher on Tuesday.