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Farmland Partners has expanded its secured note line of credit with Farmer Mac to $150 million, from $75 million.

NCUA has filed suit against another big banking company over mortgage-backed securities.

Mortgage applications increased slightly last week due to higher refinance and purchase activity.

The Servicing Trailblazer Award acknowledges a servicer or vendor initiative, product or platform that uses technology to optimize mortgage portfolio management and ensures efficient communication with borrowers, investors and the mortgage servicing support industry. Learn about this year's finalists and see who won the 2014 MT Award.

As the real estate market ramps back up, lenders are looking for ways to diversify their portfolios, even if the returns are slim.

The government-sponsored enterprises' changes to their representations and warranties regulations could increase lending, or cause taxpayer losses related to GSE purchases of bad loans. Here's why advocates like the move.

The U.S. housing market has improved modestly since the beginning of the year, according to Freddie Mac's latest Multi-Indicator Market Index.

Market participants are encouraged by the FHFA's move to ease repurchase requirements — which will likely result in a continued domination of the market by government agencies.

Home prices rose more than economists estimated in October as rising employment and falling interest rates boosted buyer demand.

Remember when nobody wanted to touch U.S. subprime-mortgage debt? That's just a distant memory as they deliver some of the bond market's best returns.