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Kroll Bond Rating Agency has assigned preliminary ratings to a $260 million large loan commercial mortgage-backed securities deal secured by a Florida mall.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is taking an enforcement action against four private mortgage insurance companies for allegedly paying kickbacks to lenders for business referrals.

Fannie Mae reported a 9% drop in loan acquisitions in February along with a 21% drop in issuing new commitments to purchase loans.

The Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas has signed up for the Mortgage Partnership Finance Xtra program.

Atlanta Federal Reserve Bank President Dennis Lockhart said the Fed will probably need to press on with asset purchases later into this year or into 2014.

Kroll Bond Rating Agency has assigned preliminary ratings to UBS-BB 2013-C6, a $1.3 billion commercial mortgage-backed securities conduit transaction.

With the April 15 tax filing deadline less than two weeks away, Amy Tierce has a couple of things any self-employed person needs to be aware of.

Only two of the 17 stocks tracked by the Mortgage Industry Equity Composite index survived the investor selloff during Wednesday.

There is one provider of lender-placed insurance products which said the recent Federal Housing Finance Agency notice on the topic did not go far enough.

MBIA Insurance Corp. received a favorable ruling from the New York Appellate Court, First Department, against Bank of America Corp. and Countrywide Home Loans.