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After two years of premium increases, the forward Federal Housing Administration single-family program is cash flowing again.

Often ignored is what the cost of additional oversight under the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau means to the consumer.

Bliss Sawyer is finally taking action on her idea to send birthday reminders to Realtors.

Loans in commercial mortgage-backed securities conduits in the first quarter had stable leverage and their debt service coverage ratios rose.

A new Fannie Mae report suggests many previously underwater borrowers’ equity is rising back to levels more in line with their mortgages.

The Department of Housing and Urban Development plans to restructure its Office of Multifamily Housing Programs and the Office of Field Policy and Management.

The Washington metropolitan area will see average rents decrease as much as 2%, making it the only market other than Detroit to have a drop among the top 20 U.S. cities.

When a thread titled “How can the Mortgage Grapevine improve?” is started, it attracted our interest.

It is a matter of preparing and motivating loan officers, both retail and wholesale.

National Mortgage Insurance Corp. has started issuing commitments, becoming the sixth active private mortgage insurer in operation.