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Astoria Financial Corp. reported net income of $12.8 million in 2Q13, similar to its earnings for the same period in 2012.

At least $238 million of the more than $575 million that was raised for Sandy relief had not been spent as of April of this year.

Averaged over the course of the week ending July 18, the 30-year mortgage rate tracked by Freddie Mac dropped 14 basis points to 4.37%.

Raj Date estimates that nonqualified mortgages make up as much as $1.5 trillion of the $10 trillion home-loan market.

For those who do use social media, they have to decide where they are going to get the best return on their efforts.

Fay Servicing has developed an employee training program that focuses on borrower management skills and teaches new hires how to foster close relationships with mortgage borrowers.

Travis Armstrong has high credit score, but because he owes more than his home is worth and has a private-label loan, he’s stuck paying 7.5% interest.

There were 14 of 17 Mortgage Industry Equity Composite stocks which benefited from the better mood in the market on Wednesday.

A real estate broker/former mortgage broker is turning to the Grapevine to find a source to refinance a multifamily property.

Sergio Benitez, a real estate developer of affordable housing projects for the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development, was sentenced to a 22-month prison term for wire fraud.