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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's chief of bank supervision says he will be ready on July 21 to start examining the nation's 110 largest banks.

Home values are still falling, but at a less dramatic pace, according to the new CoreLogic house price index.

The private mortgage insurance companies will not report profits in the first quarter but there should be continued improvement in credit trends and operating performance, said a report from Keefe, Bruyette & Woods.

The old saying went, “a little inflation is good for real estate.” The idea was that a small dose of inflation each year lifted home values and home equity and made owning—and selling—homes more attractive.

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If loan volumes are slowing, don’t tell that to TMS Funding of Milford, Conn. The nonbank residential lender recently hired six wholesale account executives and plans to hire more.

Not only is business booming over at the FHA, but HUD secretary Shaun Donovan told Congress this week that the government insurance fund could earn $10 billion on new loan guarantees in fiscal 2011, which ends September 30.

It's finally April and thousands upon thousands of new home listings are hitting the market – but a key source of homebuyer financing, the Federal Housing Administration program, will shut down Friday night if Congress cannot reach terms on a budget deal.

Now that rates are rising and home refinancings are on the decline, Wells Fargo Home Mortgage this week notified 1900 workers they will be let go in May.

Fitch this week followed through on its warning of last month and cut Republic Mortgage Insurance Company's insurer financial strength rating down to junk levels.