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Higher home prices that are currently soaring in many parts of Florida have increased affordable housing demand pressing developers to take advantage of available resources.

With apologies to Don McLean, the day the subprime died.

We're hearing well-to-do jumbo borrowers are securing better mortgage rates than the average Joe getting a conventional loan from a Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac lender.

Iberiabank said that it will acquire six branches from Synovus, along with $131 million in loans and $205 million in deposits.

Between June 2012 and August 2013, the number of counties committing to e-recording increased by more than 25%.

Mortgage lender Quicken Loans is “betting big” on the city by entering into a multiyear partnership with the Detroit Lions football team.

The tight inventories of new and existing homes are easing and should be more balanced a year from now.

The ability to expand markets while growing existing market share is ultimately based on how well new and updated technologies support compliance.

The recovery rate on securitized commercial mortgage loans that were liquidated during the second quarter suffered a fairly sizeable setback while the overall volume of specially serviced CMBS loans is gradually shrinking.

HomeStreet in Seattle has expanded its mortgage business in the Golden State, opening six offices in Northern and Central California.