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Life company commercial mortgage investments had a return of 7.48% for all of 2012, including 1.85% in the fourth quarter, according to the LifeComps Commercial Mortgage Loan Index.

Mortgage bankers are not too worried about a new housing bubble forming as national real estate values rise by 10% per year.

Kent Conrad, the former Democratic U.S. Senator from North Dakota, has joined the board of Genworth Financial.

The new mortgage banking company that KB Home and Nationstar Mortgage LLC are forming should be up and running by the end of this year.

Just three of the 17 Mortgage Industry Equity Composite stocks finished trading on Thursday ahead of their Wednesday close, as investors continue to worry about the situation in Cyprus.

Despite high unemployment, the recovery in the housing market has created a shortage of carpenters, framers, roofers, and plumbers, according to the National Association of Home Builders.

According to new Census data, home equity losses due to the foreclosure crisis took a toll on household wealth and pushed older Americans deeper in debt.

Home sales in Florida are up over 10% in February compared with the same month in 2012, Florida Realtors reported.

Cole Credit Property Trust III Inc. has rejected an unsolicited takeover bid from American Realty Capital Properties, stating it will maintain its plans to acquire Cole Holdings Corp.

The Mortgage Grapevine pays tribute to Peter Samuel Cugno, a forensic securitization mortgage loan auditor at Cugno & Associates.