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The biggest compliance issues credit unions will face in the next 12 months relate to every step of the mortgage process.

One analyst predicts a slow and gradual rise in interest rates in the remainder of the year, accompanied by a marked increase in mortgage lending.

A 21-unit condominium is looking for a financing source on the Mortgage Grapevine because it does not meet the conforming sources’ 10% ownership threshold.

Carrington Mortgage Services has begun offering USDA loans through its retail and wholesale lending operations.

The June pending home sales report has to be taken with a grain of salt because some of the activity is from individuals jumping in with the perception that rates were on the rise and they wanted to get in while the getting was good.

As FHA mortgage insurance protection has changed, it has pushed some mortgages into the "higher priced" category.

We're hearing that in the wake of the financial crisis traditional advertising and marketing messages from the banking industry may be falling on deaf ears.

Fortress Investment Group has closed its Fortress MSR Opportunities Fund II at $1.1 billion on grounds of substantial future opportunities in the residential mortgage servicing rights market.

Essent Guaranty said users of the FICS Loan Producer loan origination system can seamlessly order mortgage insurance coverage from the company.

Fitch's second-quarter U.S. CMBS cumulative default rate for fixed-rate CMBS increased 10 basis points from 2Q 2012 to 13.7%.