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Mark Hammond, the former chief executive, vice president and vice chairman of Flagstar Bancorp, has become co-chairman of United Shore Financial Services.

Mortgage Grapevine poster Concerned American has started a thread titled “To all of you out there whining at me for being a rehab guy.”

Executives at Lennar Corp. said they are finding some marginal loosening in residential loan underwriting that has been too tight.

Morrison & Foerster expanded its real estate finance practice by adding Stephen Cox of Hypothekenbank Frankfurt AG.

The Mortgage Bankers Association has teamed up with AllRegs to create an index that measures the supply of mortgage credit at the outer boundaries of the spectrum.

Both delinquency and foreclosure rates hit new post-housing crisis lows through the end of May, according to Lender Processing Services.

Demand for valuation analytics lead LoanLogics and Platinum Data Solutions into a partnership that links loan performance reporting to collateral valuation technology.

New home sales rose in May for the third straight month as sales in the previous two months were revised upward.

According to the Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index, U.S. house price appreciation through April rose 0.7% on a seasonally-adjusted basis from the previous month.

When John Kanas sold North Fork Bancorp to Capital One Financial in 2006, he made certain not to burn any bridges with his former employees.