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First American Mortgage Services has implemented Platinum Data’s RealView and Collateral Expert.

A mortgage loan officer posted on Mortgage Grapevine that he or she was due a bonus as part of compensation from their employer at yearend.

Beyond size, a financial institution's likelihood of receiving a visit from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau can be predicted by the type and nature of their business.

Early predictions from three different sources are very bullish on housing, with the head of real estate broker Re/Max going as far to say that 2013 will be the best in many years.

Lenders must provide mortgage applicants with free copies of all appraisals and other home-value estimates before the loan closing.

Banks were initially slow to sell nonperforming loans in the wake of the downturn.

The new ability to electronically sign the Internal Revenue Service’s 4506-T form is expected to both improve quality control and efficiency by reducing rejection rates.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s new mortgage servicing rules were created to protect homeowners who are at risk of foreclosure, but one nonprofit fair housing organization thinks more could be done by the government agency.

The idea that downpayment assistance can be a financially sound endeavor apparently is not dead.

This month marks the largest and most significant milestone since the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau launched more than a year ago.