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A Mortgage Grapevine poster is looking for suggestions from industry participants regarding a sample mortgage broker hiring policy and an office policy.

A “builder bailout” real estate scheme where more than 100 condominium units with mortgages that defaulted, resulting in foreclosures and substantial losses for lenders, has been stopped.

HFF Inc. said the 2012 transaction volume of all of its operating partnerships exceeds $41 billion on more than 1,300 transactions across its capital market platforms.

The final qualified mortgage rule provides a wide exemption from the ability to repay underwriting standards when lenders refinance borrowers with hybrid ARMs, negative amortization loans and other toxic mortgages.

Ohio became the first state to enact a new law that creates less rigid licensing regulations for mortgage originators.

DebtX has signed a new five-year agreement with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. to sell assets held as receivership in the U.S. government corporation’s portfolio.

Home prices rose in December by over 11% year-over-year in the 19 markets tracked by real estate broker Redfin.

Wells Fargo reported a 10% decline in mortgage originations in the fourth quarter.

One vendor in a partnership that has been gearing up to offer industry clients access to the electronic signatures the Internal Revenue Service began allowing this week is finding those with smaller operations are moving the fastest.

Morgan Stanley and Bank or America priced a $1.23 billion commercial mortgage-backed securitization conduit, series 2013-C7 at strong levels.