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These days, many lenders’ licensing and legal departments are larger than what they were budgeted for, and adding efficiency without adding head count to the back office must be a priority.

Housing markets are showing credible signs of a revival that still is “in the early innings,” according to the State of the Nation’s Housing 2012 report released by the Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University.

To hear some nonbank lenders talk about the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau you would think they were dealing with Dracula or something.

NMN sister publication Mortgage Technology has recognized top-performing industry companies for more than a decade, dating back to when its “Top 100 Technology Vendors” list debuted in the July 2002 issue.

One thing you can always count on from Washington—there will be plenty of regulatory activity after a crisis happens rather than before when it might be useful.

A federal court panel said Bank of America can't consolidate multiple lawsuits involving losses suffered from the collapse of Taylor Bean & Whitaker and Colonial Bank in a multibillion-dollar fraud.

Maybe they ought to change the name of television show “Hot in Cleveland” to “Hot in Miami.”

The Mortgage Bankers Association has formed a select committee to find a replacement to departing president David Stevens with 15 candidates being thrown into the pool.

Is 68 years young the time to re-enter the wild and wooly world of mortgage banking? Answer: It is, if your name is Bill Starkey Sr. and you feel the current “down market” offers so much opportunity that it can’t be ignored.

The Census Bureau said the number of housing units in the U.S. increased a scant 0.36% last year to 132.3 million.