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The Senate is slated to take up and debate a National Flood Insurance Program bill that extends the program for five years.

The Census Bureau reported that sales of newly built single-family homes rose to a 369,000 seasonally adjusted annual rate in May from a 343,000 rate in April.

Old Republic International Corp. said it has withdrawn the spinoff of its mortgage insurance and consumer credit indemnity businesses into a separately traded company called Republic Financial Indemnity Group.

Supporters of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau are dismissing a new lawsuit that seeks to abolish the agency as a political stunt, and even bank industry insiders who would like the case to succeed are privately calling it an uphill battle.

The rental sector’s run at the top of the housing ladder has more staying power than most observers believe.

There are basically three processes involved in successful selling. First, the sales person needs to find someone interested in their product or service. Once that’s done, the sales person needs to convince the prospect that he/she should be the one to accomplish their needs.

Ratings agency presale reports came out last week on the latest deal from Sequoia/Redwood, the only consistent issuer/aggregator of nonagency/jumbo securitizations.

Mortgage technology vendor Ellie Mae will offer 3 million shares of its stock in a public offering announced Monday.

Loan originator compensation is a category that stands out as an instructive example of unintended consequences stemming from legislation.

A final rule sets deadlines for both the recommended decision of the hearing officer and the final decision of the director in adjudicative proceedings before the CFPB.