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Servicers struggled to bring back their borrowers as the overall retention rate crept down to a nadir in the fourth quarter, according to Black Knight.

And there are some brawls on the field affecting the direction of business for the rest of this year.

The gap between those that considered it a good or bad time to buy narrowed 10 percentage points in February, the tightest spread since last April, Fannie Mae found.

HUD must stop localities from excluding manufactured homes from their communities, writes Lesli McCullum Gooch, chief executive officer of the Manufactured Housing Institute.

Some applaud the agency's recent delay of the mandatory compliance date for a new Qualified Mortgage standard. Others say it leads to more uncertainty for lenders, opens the door to additional changes and enables some companies to loosen their underwriting.

After the coronavirus spurred a great migration in search of literal greener pastures, homebuyers are returning to cities with the end of the pandemic in sight, according to Redfin.

Federal Judge Kenneth Marra for a second time has granted the mortgage company summary judgment in the case brought by the bureau in 2017.

But the move could have legal repercussions from a competitive standpoint.

The abrupt move paves the way for the $6 billion cash deal with Stone Point and Insight Partners to move forward unimpeded.