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Average fixed mortgage rates saw their record lows get lower for the second consecutive week.

The National Association of Independent Housing Professionals feels mortgages professionals have no representation on the agency's new Consumer Advisory Board.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau will ferret out lenders—bank and nonbank alike—with large numbers of consumer complaints.

The qualified mortgage rule—ever so briefly—became a topic in the presidential debate Wednesday night.

Explain to your customer that the credit score they obtain from one of those services could be vastly different than the one used for underwriting.

Remember the good old days, before the Industrial Revolution when governments threw people in debtor’s prison because they were broke?

In September, commercial real estate loans in CMBS that were delinquent by at least 30 days or in foreclosure fell 14 basis points from the previous month to 9.99%.

Is Wilbur Ross' exit from mortgage banking a sign that residential lending profits have peaked?

Ocwen Financial Corp. disclosed that it has agreed to buy Homeward Residential Holdings and all its mortgage affiliates.

Nationstar Mortgage went from private equity flop to a top servicer of troubled loans, thanks to deft management and a Fannie Mae partnership once hidden even from parts of the government.