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Home prices in the U.S. decreased 0.4% in August on a sequential basis, the first monthly decline in four months, according to new figures released by CoreLogic.

The Federal Housing Administration, facing a dramatic increase in technical defaults on reverse mortgages, will launch a major review of its program with a possible overhaul coming down the road.

Bank of America this week made the decision to exit retail lending in six low volume states including Alabama, Alaska, Montana, Nebraska, Wisconsin, and Wyoming, National Mortgage News has learned.

Miami home sales in August increased 25% year-over-year, but home prices trended lower, according to a DataQuick report Wednesday.

Mortgage REIT Dynex Capital Inc. has entered into a memorandum of understanding reflecting an agreement in principle to settle all claims in a class action lawsuit and separately said it expects to exercise a refinancing option on collateralized financings.

In dealing with mortgage issues, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau wants to ensure that customers have access to home loans—and that residential lenders have access to the secondary market.

For the second time in the summer of 2011, the investment firm First Market Properties has purchased the mortgage on a distressed multifamily asset in Phoenix.

The amount of home equity owned by American seniors fell by $63 billion between the first and second quarters, the National Reverse Mortgage Lenders Association/RiskSpan Reverse Mortgage Market Index found.

The aggregate value of CMBS commercial real estate loan collateral priced by DebtX in August rose to 85.9% from 85.3% the previous month, according to a Wednesday morning report from the company.