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Fannie Mae Chief Economist Doug Duncan explains the impact of the eurozone crisis on the mortgage industry.

A former sales executive at Washington Mutual Inc.’s subprime lending unit, Long Beach Mortgage, was convicted of fraud by a federal court jury.

In late October $365 billion of mortgage servicing rights belonging to Residential Capital Corp. will be auctioned off to the highest bidder.

A government program that lets small-business owners refinance their commercial mortgages is set to expire next week.

Mortgage bankers in five states are facing higher guarantee fee costs on Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac loans under a new proposal from the Federal Housing Finance Agency.

Increased volumes have pressed many people and their loan production platforms to a breaking point.

Bank of the West sees online video as a way to recruit and prepare mortgage customers.

An appraisal requirement proposed by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau could be tough to implement without the right cost-effective automation.

Existing-home sales rose in August for the third consecutive month while the median price paid for a house increased for the sixth straight month.

Roughly 58% of LOs told Hammerhouse that they consider their compensation “fair and compliant,” while 56% said their firms consistently meet “industry service standards.”