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The performance of mortgage-related shares tracked by this publication ranged from an increase in value by as much as 3% to a loss of more than 1%.

The Netherlands is auctioning off mortgage-backed securities it acquired when it bailed out ING Groep NV in 2009.

The qualified mortgage rule’s implementation was supposed to give mortgage-backed securities market participants more certainty about collateral value, but remaining questions about government policy keep PLMBS a work in progress.

The Pittsburgh regional bank previously resolved Fannie Mae repurchase demands for an undisclosed sum.

Only Minnesota’s giant Mall of America draws more visitors than the Aventura, Fla.-based shopping center that backs the collateral interests in the more than $1 billion commercial mortgage-backed securitization.

A perceived lack of HARP eligibility can be changed, in some cases just by checking addresses.

There is no place on the new loan estimate and closing disclosure for disclosing lender-paid compensation, says Don Frommeyer, president of the National Association of Mortgage Brokers. Thus the form might not be appropriate for mortgage brokers to use. Several readers commented on Frommeyer’s statement.

Rising interest rates means lenders’ refinance business will dwindle, forcing them to compete for buyers by potentially loosening their lending standards.

He could be running the Federal Housing Finance Agency as early as the next day.