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Settlement service fees for mortgage originations haven't budged much since new Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act policies took effect at the beginning of the year, according to a new study.

Due out in eight days, the annual Federal Housing Administration actuarial review could point to the future role government will play in housing finance.

United Guaranty Corp., the Greensboro, N.C.-based mortgage insurance subsidiary of American International Group, posted a third quarter pre-tax loss of $124 million.

In its first full quarter as a standalone company, CoreLogic reported a net loss of $93.4 million, the result of a $174 million impairment charge related to its employer and litigation services businesses. It took in revenue of $484.3 million.

Following two straight months of improvement, pending home sales dipped 1.8% nationally in September, the National Association of Realtors reported.

The National Credit Union Administration plans to offer another $5.48 billion of guaranteed notes next week, its third offering over the past month of bonds created from the cash flows of MBS owned by failed corporate credit unions.

The new president of the National Association of Realtors says it's time for residential lenders to start getting real.

Redwood Trust, the only company to securitize jumbo loans during the past two years, has pushed backed its second deal to early 2011 because of a lack of available product.

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The Federal Housing Administration's Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund ended fiscal year 2010 in better financial shape than its auditors expected with the agency projecting foreclosure claims peaking in the summer of 2011.