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Larry Goldstone, once a top player in the jumbo and "super" jumbo market through his now defunct firm Thornburg Mortgage, is trying for a comeback in the business.

Prospect Mortgage of Sherman Oaks, Calif., has a message for correspondent buyers of jumbo loans: we're originating and looking to sell.

Provident Funding Associates, the second largest privately held nonbank mortgage lender in the U.S., this week filed a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission to create a publicly traded REIT by raising $300 million in capital.

What were you doing in 1999? Do you remember? Well, in 1999, I had 16 spec houses for sale. I was running a housing business that was running out of cash very quickly. I was doing my best to stay afloat. I needed more pull through and I started looking around for a resource to help me.

Lawsuits filed this week by two broker trade groups challenging the Federal Reserve's loan officer compensation rule are expected to be combined into one case by the presiding judge.

Home prices fell 2.5% in January from the prior month as weak demand for housing continues to "dampen any recovery in the housing market," according to a new report from CoreLogic.

Cures outnumbered new notices of default at two of the nation's largest private mortgage insurers for February. If this pattern holds for the rest of the private mortgage insurance industry, it could be an echo of what took place starting last February.

There is a new resource for consumers to turn to when they are seeking information about how credit scores work. The website www.creditscorequiz.org is a joint project of the Consumer Federation of America and VantageScore Solutions Inc.

I was walking home from school when Gary, a kid from my third grade class, fell in beside me and started chatting. I'd never spoken with him before, and I had no idea why he was talking to me, but I enjoyed it. Here was someone, who I did not know, who was interested in me; it was a new experience and it felt good.

National quarter-over-quarter home prices have declined for the third consecutive month in the Home Data Market Index Report by Clear Capital.