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American Realty Capital Properties, a real estate investment trust, has agreed to buy CapLease, which is also a REIT.

We're hearing that an old joke that used to get passed around at mortgage conference cocktail receptions might not be as funny today as it was back then.

Colony American Homes filed to raise as much as $260 million in an initial public offering.

Three executives from the now-defunct Bank of the Commonwealth and a borrower were convicted by a federal jury in Virginia for fraud that cost the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. an estimated $268 million.

Two subsidiaries of PHH Corp. have entered into individual agreements with Credit Suisse First Boston Mortgage Capital for two-year extensions on their committed warehouse credit facilities.

Mortgage origination provides credit unions with important fee income, brings interest-earning potential, and ultimately builds membership loyalty.

House prices are up 10.9% in March compared to a year ago as the S&P Case-Shiller 20-city house price index posted its highest annual gains since 2006.

For those entities that believe they are too small to be impacted by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, think again.

Once again, Fidelity National Financial had the biggest gain among Mortgage Industry Equity Composite stocks.

A bipartisan group of senators is drafting legislation designed to reform the housing finance system, including a plan to wind down the government-sponsored enterprises.

A.M. Best cites the improved capitalization and operating results for Stewart Title Group.

We're hearing it must be great to be a big builder—particularly one of the top 10 publicly traded home builders.

Asset Management Specialists has retained Distressed Asset Logistics as a consultant to broaden their business.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau believes the final qualified mortgage rule won’t impinge on 90% of loans of being originated today, but lenders don't.

Mackie Wolf Zientz & Mann, a default legal services provider to the mortgage banking and financial services industries, is expanding its business operations into Tennessee.

What would you choose to do if you thought anything was possible?

As expectations rise to finally seeing a mortgage market shift to more home purchase loan originations, it also implies lenders will have to provide first-time homebuyer products that work.

A Mortgage Grapevine poster is looking to find a source that can provide conventional financing for a California commercial property.