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We're hearing from Des Moines where two competing real estate companies are engaged in a bitter fight for market share that includes litigation.

Slightly more than half of last year's Home Affordable Refinance Program participants had previously been turned down, loanDepot said.

Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis president James Bullard said the government shutdown reduces the odds the Federal Open Market Committee this month will taper $85 billion in monthly bond purchases.

Interest rate concerns that forced mortgage REITs to trade at the lowest valuation during the past few years will be less of an issue going forward.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has agreed to pull its enforcement attorneys out of exams with financial companies after relentless opposition from bankers to their presence.

JPMorgan Chase is using cheap funding from government-chartered institutions to meet new regulations designed to ensure it won’t need a taxpayer bailout in any future crisis.

Enterprise Financial and Reliance Bancshares in St. Louis, under pressure to grow like most community banks, believe they have figured out how to expand into faraway markets yet avoid the mistakes that cost many banks during the financial crisis.

The 4506-T Direct product includes IRS transcripts that identify false or inaccurate tax information.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has fined Mortgage Master and Washington Federal for filing inaccurate Home Mortgage Disclosure Act reports.

A call for review of the pending qualified residential mortgage rule could be among Fed chair nominee Janet Yellen’s future actions given her concern with risks tied to mortgages with higher loan-to-value ratios.

Regulators should boost oversight of the largest real estate investment trusts that use borrowed money to invest in mortgage-backed securities because rising interest rates may push the firms into asset sales that destabilize markets.

Both companies will offer their respective solutions via the software-as-a-service model.

If a storm similar to Hurricane Sandy makes landfall, how many homeowners would default on their mortgage?

FBR & Co. is leading the sale, according to a regulatory filing by NMI Holdings.

Members of the Senate Banking Committee quickly took sides in the brewing battle over the nomination of Janet Yellen to head the Federal Reserve Board, but it was already apparent that she was ultimately likely to win confirmation.

Foreclosures recently have been falling throughout the country for an extended period of time, and the government-sponsored enterprises continue to do their part in assisting at-risk homeowners from losing their properties.

It was predictable that ABS East would be rife with criticism of the way eminent domain is being used by local governments to seize mortgages.

JPMorgan priced the top-rated portion of its JPMCC 2013-INN CMBS about 10 basis points wide to guidance.

Sears, the other major retail tenant in retail CMBS that remains under credit stress, is listed as a tenant in 197 loans compared to 254 loans for JCPenny.

A group of mortgage-bond investors urged the U.S. attorney general not to let banks saddle them with costs by pledging relief for borrowers to settle U.S. investigations.