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Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, said elevating affordable housing issues, examining the financial system through a climate and racial justice "lens," and holding banks accountable for their impact on consumers will be among his priorities.

The company aims to make financed home purchases more competitive with cash offers by creating a faster mortgage process.

But will the company's second attempt to go public come to fruition in a market where two lenders already put their offerings on hold?

While distressed mortgage rates continued the fall’s short-term slide, serious delinquencies are three times higher than the year-ago total, according to CoreLogic.

Bon Salle joins Home Point as the Ann Arbor, Mich.-based nonbank mortgage lender plans to go public.

The deal will add to SitusAMC’s tech suite, making the connection between loan originators and lenders more efficient.

For some, including National MI and Essent, the improvement is taking place faster than expected.

The volume of Ginnie securities issued in December marked the first time more than $80 billion has been issued in a month.

Rhode Island Housing and Mortgage Corp. is coming off its inaugural social bond issuance.

For eight years after the Great Recession, home prices in metro Atlanta climbed steadily but slowly. Since mid-summer, they have been soaring.