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American Homes 4 Rent filed to raise as much as $794.1 million in a U.S. initial public offering.

Home price appreciation is driving a surge in flipping.

Ameris Bancorp's quarterly profit more than tripled, primarily on gains in mortgage revenue and a drop in the provision for loan losses.

A leading credit union executive urged lawmakers to maintain a role for the federal government in whatever reform scheme they adopt for the secondary mortgage market.

A real estate arm of KeyCorp has agreed to purchase more than $100 billion of servicing rights on commercial and multifamily loans from Bank of America.

The Senate Banking Committee, voting along party lines, approved the nomination of Rep. Mel Watt on Thursday to become director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency.

All tranches priced five basis points outside of guidance, with the exception of the final tranche, which priced in line with guidance.

With mortgage rates climbing in recent weeks homeowners have switched from feverishly pursuing refinancing to buying new homes.

Steven Gluckstern, who’s spent more than a year pushing local governments to seize mortgages from bond trusts to cut balances and help homeowners, is renewing attempts with backing from cities in California and Nevada.

Standard &Poor's said statements about the integrity of its ratings are "puffery" that cannot be a basis for the fraud lawsuit.