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Although the chances are slim, the conforming loan limit in a few high-cost housing markets could rise on January 1.

Over the past three months U.S. banks have not relaxed their credit standards on new single-family and commercial real estate loans, according to a new survey of senior loan officers released by the Federal Reserve.

Product and pricing engine vendor LoanSifter is the latest technology provider to feed mortgage rates and borrower lead data back and forth across Google Comparison Ads for lenders that advertise on the mortgage rate search platform.

A vacant, hurricane-damaged residential tower in New Orleans will be rehabilitated with proceeds from Wednesday's negotiated sale of $7.4 million of multifamily revenue bonds issued by Louisiana Housing Finance Agency.

Trenton Police FCU has signed a deal with Residential Home Funding Corp. to provide it with mortgage banking services.

Electronic trading platform for U.S. and European fixed-income bonds MarketAxess Holdings just added non-agency RMBS and CMBS to its e-trading platform.

FBR Capital Markets late Friday said it has halted coverage of The PMI Group, Walnut Creek, Calif., the nation's second largest MI firm.

LOS ANGELES—Bank of America is working “very hard” on a short sale-to-lease program for distressed borrowers who don't qualify for government-backed refinance programs.

Agency mortgage-backed security prepayments continued to ramp up in the latest report but the increases generally came closer to matching expectations than the previous month.

The legacy that Fred Arnold hopes to leave to the world when he retires is how he has been helping other people grow their businesses and helping people grow their lives. "If I can do that, then I'll be just fine in business."