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Mortgage professionals are focusing on housing policies and the Federal Reserve this November.

The Chicago-area lender, which at first was able to get the suit quashed, agreed to end the discrimination case by paying a $105,000 fine.

Remax, the real estate brokerage and mortgage broker franchisor of Motto Mortgage, rebounded from a year ago loss in a tough news cycle for both its businesses.

HomeStreet and FirstSun are working to devise a new formula after the Texas Department of Banking and the Federal Reserve declined to approve their merger application.

The five most expensive ZIP codes in the U.S. have an average median home price of more than $6 million.

Consumers are meanwhile filing objections to the near $1 billion in settlements from the nation's largest brokerages ahead of a November court approval.

For the eighth consecutive quarter, ICE Mortgage Technology lost money on a GAAP basis. Using a pro forma calculation involving Black Knight, operating income increased from a year ago.

The Federal Housing Administration wants to allow part-time underwriters to guarantee loans in its FHA Title II forward and HECM programs.

Mortgage rates rose for the fifth consecutive week, to their highest level since August, although they remain more than a full percentage point lower than one year ago.

The government-sponsored enterprise's single-family loan purchases hit a high for the year, but benefits in other areas were lower than in comparable periods.