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Buyers are looking for new homes more urgently as rates continue to rise.

Bank of America Corp.’s $8.5 billion mortgage-bond settlement is “outstanding” for investors, said a Pacific Investment Management Co. executive.

All 17 Mortgage Industry Equity Composite stocks closed higher on Thursday as the Dow went back over the 15,000 level.

Mortgage Technology is pleased to announce the entry period and categories for the 14th Annual Mortgage Technology Awards. The 2013 nomination form is available one and the deadline for all nominations is 6 p.m. EDT Thursday, July 18.

Kroll Bond Rating Agency has assigned preliminary ratings to a $1.34 billion CMBS conduit sponsored by JPMorgan and Barclays.

A former Consumer Financial Protection Bureau official is launching a mortgage company next year to originate non-qualified mortgages.

A MortgageMarvel.com analysis of 650,000 mortgage applications filed with 1,100 U.S. lending institutions across the country in 2012 shows buyers are taking advantage of technology to apply for mortgages at all times.

As real estate prices climb in the majority of markets throughout the country, investors are currently becoming more reluctant to purchase the same amount of inventory compared to last summer.

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac did not make an objection in the Arizona receivership court to the sale of CMG Mortgage Insurance to Arch Capital.

Fixed mortgage rates climbed for the fifth consecutive week in Freddie Mac’s latest survey.