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Mortgage Grapevine poster Investorlender writes, “I have a super jumbo second home refinance. Who is doing these?”

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac’s charters exempt them from paying real estate transfer taxes, a federal judge ruled.

Berkadia Commercial Mortgage is looking beyond apartments as the U.S. government scales back in the market.

We're hearing about due on sale clauses, not in the traditional sense where a mortgage must be paid off when a property is sold but rather in other circumstances.

Silvergate Bank funded $663 million of loans through its mortgage warehouse program, down from $815 million in 4Q12.

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have created a repayment program for those borrowers in New York who received Hurricane Sandy-related forbearances on monthly mortgage payments.

The total volume of securitized commercial mortgage loans that reach maturity during the coming months is roughly $14 billion.

Even though many industry insiders say extending HARP is the right decision, there are some who believe even more needs to be done to the program so a greater amount of consumers can utilize it.

Fidelity National Financial said the first quarter was its strongest quarter in that business since 2004.

Ocwen Financial Corp. produced record revenue in the first quarter of 2013 as well as a year-over-year increase in overall net income.