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The decision means the company must prepare to defend itself against allegations by the Federal Housing Finance Agency of wrongdoing in the sale of securities backed by residential mortgages.

Want to see a CFPB audit exam of a mortgage banking firm? As they say in Brooklyn, forgetaboutit.

Stonegate Mortgage Corp., Indianapolis, this week hired Rob Wilson as senior vice president of loan acquisitions.

Signs are evident that health is returning to the housing and mortgage markets as the days of no downpayment, speculators and strategic defaults are fading.

Residential Capital LLC won court approval to sell its mortgage-servicing unit to Ocwen Financial for $3 billion after putting off a fight with loan investors and resolving other objections.

Negative equity in the third quarter experienced the largest quarter-over-quarter decline since the first three months of 2011.

The Government National Mortgage Association has loss reserves of roughly $357 million.

Builders are reporting increasing demand for new homes as inventories of foreclosed and distressed properties begin to shrink in markets across the nation.

Among residential lenders, JPM’s mortgage division, Chase, ranks second nationwide.

Credit Suisse analyst Moshe Orenbuch writes in a new research note that management at Wells Fargo is "optimistic about the overall positioning of the mortgage business.”