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Berkshire Hills Bancorp, Rockville Financial and SP Bancorp are among the community banks actively hiring commercial lenders.

Particular states are taking a regimented approach to their review of branch manager agreements to ensure that branches paid on a "profit and loss" basis are not “net branches.”

Low downpayment loans could be in danger depending on how the qualified mortgage rule plays out.

Moody’s Analytics believes housing starts could jump to 1.1 million units next year and 1.8 million in 2014.

Housing issues appear to be all but absent in the presidential debates with an occasional mention here and there.

The latest roundup of regulatory changes and mortgage fraud news.

The Conference of State Bank Supervisors called for a more effective and less complex capital framework in comments on proposed rulemaking.

Walter Investment Management Corp. priced a 6 million share public offering of its common stock at $42 per share.

Strong mortgage banking revenue boosted third-quarter earnings at Umpqua Holdings by almost 15% from a year earlier, to $25 million.

Third-quarter profit at Astoria Financial improved as it continues to emphasize multifamily and commercial real estate loans, and cut costs.