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Increased regulatory requirements and growing reputational risks are leaving many large banks rethinking whether they want to continue to service mortgages.

The district bank seeks to give members better access to the secondary market.

An improved economy should help grow purchases in the coming year as overall loan volume drops.

Prices in 16 of the 20 cities tracked posted smaller monthly price gains in August.

Home price adjustments of recent months have not been significant enough to benefit all the homeowners who continue to be underwater.

Brixmor Property Group, the second largest retail real estate company owned by Blackstone Group, is set to raise as much as $905 million for underwriters when it goes public.

Mortgage brokers are concerned about their ability to continue rebating funds to the customer after the qualified mortgage rule goes into effect.

Michigan’s new public, private civic partnership is implementing a revitalization philosophy likely to transform metro Detroit and some of the nation’s hard-hit areas with high inventories of abandoned homes.

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While the housing market is slowly picking up steam, there is still a very large inventory of distressed loans that pose a potential risk to the mortgage industry.

Servicers are still finding ways to cope with heightened regulatory scrutiny and continue to evaluate options to increase efficiencies while maintaining legal compliance.

Home prices overshot on the way down but now are returning to fair value.

There is an area of agreement between the government and the industry that minorities aren’t being served.

Taking away this option could affect affordable housing lending.

Arbitrary standards are forcing people who otherwise would be good credits out of the market, says Lewis Ranieri.

A financial institution based in New Jersey is acquiring Secured Lending Solutions for an undisclosed price.

Affordability concerns and weak consumer confidence are keeping many potential homebuyers on the sidelines.

The bank earned $38 million in the third quarter, an 8% decrease from the same period a year ago.

Brokers are delivering the higher quality loans wholesalers demand and that is bringing new players into the channel, New York originators say.

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