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California new and existing home and condominium sales in February declined 0.5% from January and fell 3.1% when compared with February 2012.

Fannie Mae priced its third multifamily DUS REMIC for 2013, a $904.3 million deal that is the first of its kind to include 10-year pools with seven years of yield maintenance.

Rates and eligibility information for Mortgage Guaranty Insurance Corp.’s private mortgage insurance products are now available via LoanSifter.

New loan officer compensation laws that exclude payments to originators of 10 or fewer loans over a 12 month period are causing some confusion.

Paul Tomko has chutzpah for committing mortgage fraud while working as an FBI informant.

Housing experts are warning legislators about the unintended consequences of a narrow qualified residential mortgage definition.

Once the refinancing binge is over, Federal Reserve Board officials are hoping lenders will make credit more available to first-time homebuyers.

Re/Max is seeing encouraging signs in its February sales data, including more move-up buyers entering the market.

RE_LoanDR posted on the Mortgage Grapevine looking to place a high loan-to-value ratio borrower with 625 credit score loan to be secured by a newly constructed home.

Small mortgage bankers should not think their organizations are not of interest to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau because of their size.