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An index of contract signings slipped 0.4% last month to 71.7, around where it's lingered for much of the year, according to National Association of Realtors data released Thursday.

The U.S. Mortgage Insurers put out a blog promising its members would be ready to accept submissions for coverage which were scored using VantageScore.

While borrowers took advantage of rate dips to refinance, purchases declined year over year, showing obstacles still standing in the way of a market turnaround.

The Federal Housing Administration is moving to the same standard for the new Uniform Residential Appraisal Report that the conforming market is adopting.

The amount was less than $1 million, but the plot reveals clues that can help spot and fight elderly abuse and other financial crimes.

The increase in purchase volume was not enough to offset the drop in refinance application submissions as conventional rates increased week-over-week.

The government-sponsored enterprises' oversight agency will require the merging mortgage giants to have "appropriate financial and operating safeguards."

President Donald Trump's unprecedented and escalating attack on the Federal Reserve runs the risk of backfiring by hitting financial markets and the economy with higher long-term borrowing costs.

Data suggests that the beleaguered commercial real estate market isn't going to get worse. And now that banks have had time to build reserves, any losses they do take shouldn't be disastrous, analysts say.

The accusations could have broader implications for secondary market supervision as technology potential improves the speed at which detection can occur.