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The Federal Housing Administration single-family program is experiencing heavy prepayments, but more than half of the borrowers are refinancing back into FHA loans.

The Refinance Index decreased 8% from the previous week, while the seasonally adjusted Purchase Index decreased 4%.

Credit Suisse Group AG, Switzerland’s second-biggest bank, was sued by a clearinghouse for German cooperative banks over $138 million in residential mortgage-backed securities.

Walter Investment Management Corp. executives who made headlines for aggressively pursuing large pools of mortgage servicing rights over the past few years plan to remain equally active.

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Only five of the 17 Mortgage Industry Equity Composite member stocks closed higher on Tuesday.

U.S. agricultural banks increased farm and ranch lending by 13.9%, or $10 billion, in 2012.

Consumer credit quality remains healthy through the end of February as all rate categories tracked by S&P/Experian decreased on an annual basis.

The decline in fourth-quarter income was due to fair value adjustments on loans held for sale plus the severance payment to its former CEO.

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