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The shortage of homes for sale is one of the main reasons why metropolitan area median home prices continued to rise in the first quarter.

First-quarter earnings confirm that recent mortgage servicing portfolio purchases already have and will continue to strengthen the financial performance of Walter Investment Management Corp.

Steve Eisman, who rose to fame betting against subprime mortgages, said investors should buy shares of homebuilders, land and mortgage lenders as the U.S. housing market improves.

A judge narrowed a $1 billion lawsuit by the U.S. against Bank of America Corp. over mortgages the bank and its Countrywide unit sold to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

Potential homebuyers might be ill-prepared for the mortgage process, as they answered basic questions wrong nearly 33% of the time.

Small banks are turning to the Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corp.—better known as Farmer Mac—for lending to agricultural borrowers at interest rates that match those offered by Farm Credit lenders.

Average weekly rates for fixed-rate mortgages in Freddie Mac’s latest survey reversed course and rose after six weeks of declines.

Foreclosure activity in April fell to its lowest level in approximately six years, showing signs that a housing recovery is in full effect.

Fannie Mae is preparing to the cut a dividend check to the U.S. Treasury for $59.4 billion due to its decision to recognize deferred tax assets that have been sitting on the GSE’s books since it was placed in conservatorship.

Barclays’ analysts are urging investors to not miss out on the benefits of risk-sharing agency financing rules.

Bank of Lancaster has opened its first stand-alone mortgage loan production office.

We're hearing there is a discipline that is completely lacking in the mortgage industry.

With that in mind, here is a Realtor marketing plan that one of my coaching clients recently shared with me.

EverBank, which recently issued its first jumbo mortgage-backed security, plans to become a regular issuer and is close to another deal.

It was another mixed day Wednesday for the members of the Mortgage Industry Equity Composite.

For the first time since 1996 the number of suspicious activity reports filed by depository institutions that identified possible mortgage loan fraud experienced a year-over-year decline.

Congressional use of guarantee fees to fill funding gaps could cause more Federal Housing Administration loans to be originated, some worry.

The number of Redfin customers making offers to purchase a property increased 7% between March and April.

A post on the Mortgage Grapevine discusses a possible conflict of interest on the sales side of a transaction.

TransUnion data show the national delinquency rate hit its “first major decline” since the crisis dropping to 4.56% in the first quarter, but it is not clear whether improvements will last.