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Continued volatility is leading to investor fatigue regarding the three monoline mortgage insurance companies and those investors are starting to believe that unless better progress is made towards profitability, further capital raises could be needed, a preview of second quarter earnings from the analysts at Keefe, Bruyette and Woods declared

MISMO volunteers soon will begin creating a standard electronic document for the HUD-1 mortgage disclosure form based on the group’s new Version 3.1 Reference Model.

Commercial mortgage data provider Trepp acquired REITCafe, which hosts a website, e-newsletter and social media targeted to the real estate investment trust industry.

Todd Chamberlain, a 25-year veteran of the mortgage industry and the head of residential lending at Regions Financial left the company last week to take a job with a competitor, industry officials told National Mortgage News.

Although the U.S. government may soon default on its debt obligations, home buyers in the Capital area are stepping up to the plate to buy homes.

Since I have been rather quick to jump on the mistakes of the sales people I encounter, I figure I need to confess to my own recent foible as a customer.

The long-term rate-indicative 10-year Treasury yield dropped steeply Monday morning, moving well below 3%.

Appraisal management software provider Global DMS integrated its Global Kinex platform to the Uniform Collateral Data Portal, the technology recently launched to deliver appraisals to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

Fifth Third Mortgage Co., Cincinnati, has come out with a new incentive program for homebuyers that offers them the opportunity of getting a reduced rate on their purchase money mortgage.

Fort Worth City Credit Union has only one branch, which poses an efficiency and energy problem with loan document execution: the credit union has to either build new branches or require customers to drive long distances to sign paper documents in person.