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Higher-priced homes in Los Angeles and the Bay Area have been leading the market’s recovery.

The member stocks of the Mortgage Industry Equity Composite benefited on Wednesday from the good news regarding pending home sales.

PacTrust Bank will start funding loans through the warehouse and correspondent programs in March 2013.

Freddie Mac plans to offer its second K deal backed exclusively by five-year multifamily collateral.

A pair of investors unhappy with a proposed equity offering/debt tender made by CommonWealth REIT have filed suit in a Maryland state court.

The Voice of Reason first made a post on the Mortgage Grapevine asking “Would you tell a family member not to buy a home right now?”

The House Financial Services Committee will schedule hearings on the regulation of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and the competitive advantages FHA has over private insurers.

The National Association of Realtors’ leading indicator of future existing home sales rose 4.5% in January to the highest level in nearly three years.

Mortgage lending standards are very tight today and the newly finalized qualified mortgage rule is not designed to make it tighter.