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Creating a partnership with referral sources by being dependable, honest and knowledgeable will turn a floundering business into a success.

The mortgage application and closing process is once again facing an overhaul. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau will soon require lenders to provide customers with integrated disclosure forms, which aim to clarify costs associated with real estate transactions. As with any new process, the switch poses a number of challenges for lenders — and could even put business at risk during implementation. Here are five pitfalls to look out for in the process.

The federal government awarded the California Housing Finance Agency more than $450,000 to support a program that provides counseling to homeowners facing foreclosure.

Mortgage professional hiring and new job appointments for the week ending March 27.

The Department of Housing and Urban Development has selected current senior advisor and former Freddie Mac executive Ed Golding to head of the Office of Housing and Federal Housing Administration.

Wells Fargo announced the closure of a mortgage servicing site and the retirement of a longtime commercial banking executive Wednesday.

MGIC Investment Corp. former Chief Executive Officer Curt Culver, who presided over an 85% stock-price decline during his tenure, received compensation valued at about $8 million for his last full year in the top job.

If you and your staff are suffering from email overload, here is a list of handy shortcuts to use when corresponding to help get the message through.

Lyle Gramley, the former chief economist of the Mortgage Bankers Association who prior to that was a Federal Reserve governor who helped battle a recession and inflation of more than 10% during Pres. Ronald Reagan's first term in the 1980s, has died. He was 88.

Mortgage professional hiring and new job appointments for the week ending March 20.