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A pair of nonlisted real estate investment trusts with the same dealer/manager have modified their share repurchase programs to increase stockholder liquidity.

Credit quality improved in all major loan categories at commercial banks, savings banks and thrifts, except for single-family loans, according to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.

LendingTree said from January to May, the proportion of borrowers who refinance into a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage has increased by 5% on a year-over-year basis.

American Capital Mortgage Investment Corp., Bethesda, Md., has priced a public offering of 11 million shares of common stock for total expected gross proceeds of $253 million before expenses.

LemonDrop, a networking group for women mortgage industry professionals, held a reception at the Arizona Biltmore Hotel in Phoenix during the Mortgage Bankers Association’s technology conference in April.

The average weekly rate for a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage in Freddie Mac’s primary market survey held steady at its record low of 3.78% during the week ending May 24.

The three outside investors in Republic Financial Indemnity Group are George Cochran, chairman, financial institutions group at Macquarie Capital Advisors; David Kimmel, managing partner of Summit Capital LLC; and James W. Schacht, president of the Schacht Group.

Just days after predicting that this year’s mortgage originations would fall to their lowest level in volume since 2007, the Mortgage Bankers Association is changing its tune—singing at a higher note.

On Wednesday industry officials met with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to discuss the agency’s new proposal to reengineer how loan officers and brokers can make a living. To call it a nightmare might be an understatement, we were told by attendees.

“I would never stoop so low as to spy on my competition,” one loan officer said to me recently. Why not? Don’t think for a minute that they don’t know what you are up to.