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Herman Thordsen has put up a post about the new California foreclosure laws.

Bliss Sawyer created a marketing piece to use when she speaks at the local Board of Realtors.

Mortgage fraud risk through the end of 2012 is at its highest level in three years.

New-home sales jumped nearly 16% in January to a level not seen since the summer of 2008.

Increased commercial mortgage-backed securities issuance has brought several new B-piece buyers to market.

FDIC-insured institutions originated $765.4 billion in single-family loans in 2012, up nearly 50% from the year prior.

Radian is looking to sell up to 30 million shares of its common stock.

Community bankers are growing increasingly concerned that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau will eliminate one of their bread-and-butter products: balloon loans.

House prices reversed course in 2012 after falling 4.1% the year prior, according to the S&P Case-Shiller 20-city house price index.

Electronic signatures can help mortgage originators increase their sales, move things quicker through the process and as a result get better prices for their loans from investors.