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The top regret for homeowners was that they wished they bought a bigger home.

First American Title Insurance Co. has opened a commercial real estate version of its myFirstAm Web portal.

The average rate for a 30-year fixed loan climbed to 3.93% earlier this week from 3.35% last month and the record low 3.31% reached in November.

When Howard Bluver took over as CEO and director of Suffolk Bancorp, the bank had a total book value of $81 million in nonperforming loans.

The Federal Housing Administration is revising its scorecard for rating servicers on their loss mitigation efforts and the agency is seeking one last round of comments on the changes.

The Men's Wearhouse-George Zimmer situation should be watched by mortgage marketers.

A compliance incident does not have to involve the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau or the violation of a consumer protection law to be a concern.

Of the 17 Mortgage Industry Equity Composite stocks, 15 were losers on Thursday.

Pacific Investment Management Co. sees value in European commercial mortgage-backed securities on signs of a lending recovery

SAC FCU is offering a new mortgage that charges a 3% downpayment, no prepayment penalty, terms up to 30 years and in-house servicing.

Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara today announced the unsealing of a felony complaint against Seth Beoku-Betts, founder of Betts & Gambles LLC, for defrauding a Midwestern state university in 2008.

The rebranding reflects Archetype's former parent LNR's acquisition.

Report issued in reaction to Ben Bernanke's comments on Wednesday about ending easing.

Borrower told at a seminar there are non-government low downpayment loans available.

Sales of previously owned homes rose 4.2% in May from the prior month to the highest level in three-and-a-half years.

U.S. commercial real estate remains very attractive to both domestic and international investors despite a drawn-out recovery.

Fidelity National Financial has increased the cash component of its offer for Lender Processing Services by $500 million.

For the first time since the collapse of the real estate market eight years ago, Massachusetts foreclosure starts fell below 250.

The average interest rate on the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage declined five basis points to 3.93% for the week ended June 20.

The Department of Housing and Urban Development and The Rockefeller Foundation have launched a multistage regional design competition that aims to promote housing construction innovation in Hurricane Sandy-affected areas.