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The majority of them were up on the day even though the Dow was down 0.14%.

D.R. Horton said the notes will pay interest semi-annually at a rate of 5.75% per year until maturity.

BOK Financial’s mortgage production increased by $27 million in the second quarter, but mortgage banking revenue was down.

Bank of America Merrill Lynch’s financing and equity commitments through community development banking rose significantly through the first half of 2013 than the same time period last year.

Genworth’s U.S. mortgage insurance business recorded a profit for the second quarter in a row, as it earned $13 million in 2Q13.

An analyst comments that the Fed is letting rates rise to get people off the fence.

A comparative TransUnion study revealed that consumers’ credit card payment habits and lending risk mirror attitudes towards mortgages and auto loans.

The Senate Banking Committee approved a bipartisan Federal Housing Administration reform bill on Wednesday.

DataQuick has developed an advanced title analysis tool that enables users to better understand market changes and adjust their business strategies accordingly.

According to DataQuick, 4,739 new and resale houses and condominiums closed escrow in Las Vegas during June.

There was $12.3 billion of primary new insurance written in June, making five months in a row where there has been an increase.

A federal appeals court has directed NCUA and Barclays Capital to negotiate a possible settlement of claims in the corporate credit union crisis.

As a result of this scam, the loan funding companies lost nearly $1.3 million.

Richmond, Calif., has offered to purchase home loans from mortgage servicers and trustees and as part of its plan to restructure the underwater loans or potentially seize them through eminent domain.

Mortgage application volume has declined from the previous week even though the 30-year fixed-rate loan interest rate was unchanged, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

Ginnie Mae MBS issuance totaled $41 billion in June, basically unchanged from the prior month.

The Senate has passed a Home Equity Conversion Mortgage reform bill by unanimous consent that will give the Federal Housing Administration the authority to quickly fix its troubled reverse mortgage program by issuing mortgagee letters.

With mortgage rates dipping to all-time lows over the past couple of years, homebuyers had no choice but to become spoiled. Unfortunately, nothing good lasts forever.

Some wild and crazy letters of explanation from consumers to originators about having bad credit.

The number of state-licensed mortgage companies totaled 15,842 at the end of the first quarter.