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Loan limits on Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, FHA and VA loans should be gradually reduced to encourage the private sector to play a larger role in the housing finance system.

Fannie Mae has approved Equity Loans as a servicer and seller of first-lien nonsecuritized Fannie loans on one-to-four family properties.

House prices rose 5.8% in 2012 after edging up 0.1% from November to December, according to Lender Processing Services.

The release of a long-awaited federal rule on housing discrimination is bad news for lenders who fear being targeted in fair-lending suits.

A single-asset commercial mortgage-backed securities deal collateralized by a $900 million first-mortgage loan on a Times Square area property in New York is underway.

Even though both CoreLogic and Redwood Trust were profitable in 4Q12, investors on Friday slammed both companies in the first trading session after their earnings were released.

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There are firms going around to lenders promoting that they will check out their title agents and make sure they are in good standing

A loan scenario posted on the Mortgage Grapevine is for a second-lien hard-money residential loan, which will be behind a first-lien hard-money loan.

Canadian housing starts will slow to an annual pace of 190,300 units this year, from 214,827 last year.