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The Federal Housing Administration is holding another Neighborhood Stabilizing Outcome sale in November.

Claims on FHA-insured loans hit a record $8.2 billion in the third quarter of FY 2013 (ending June 30) as the Federal Housing Administration increased its sales of REO and nonperforming loans.

Lender Processing Services said home prices continue to rise at a moderate pace since the beginning of the year, as values increased from May to June by 1.2%.

The proverbial theory of the chicken and egg–which comes first–has particular application to the world of selling.

More than half of the companies in the Mortgage Industry Equity Composite saw an uneventful trading day on Friday except for Kaufman & Broad.

One Grapeviner has a customer who has four trade lines that were all paid off and closed a year ago.

Rising interest rates slowed refinancing demand and whet homebuyers' appetites for adjustable-rate mortgages in July.

We're hearing the housing market is supposed to be on a tear.

Property analytics experts now offer neighbor valuations for 12,939 ZIP codes compared to the prior amount of 11,408.

According to the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, “the Corker-Warner bill is a threat” to the American middle-class regardless of race.

Analysts find fewer short sales and more loan modifications have contributed to a steady decline in distressed inventory nationwide while the liquidation rate has slowed down even further.

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Investors believed that their investments were secured by real estate and promised 40% annual returns.

For lenders it is a new era in which rates have risen and purchase mortgages have made a bit of a comeback.

New home sales plummeted 13% in July as the jump in mortgage rates and a limited supply of newly completed homes took a bite out of sales.

Gone is the day when homeowners had to physically visit the bank or title company office to sign loan documents in front of a notary.

Altisource Portfolio Solutions has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire real estate and mortgage software services provider Equator.

A poster is curious why someone with a 700 FICO and 70% loan-to-value pays the same monthly mortgage insurance premium as a person with a 640 FICO and 90% LTV.

A panel including former bank regulator Sheila Bair cautioned that the Federal Reserve must take a clear and steady direction out of its "experimental" monetary policies so as not to further harm the economy.