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Bradford Technologies has launched a new version of one of its automated products.

MidFlorida Credit Union in Orlando is the latest credit union to add Shastic’s social loan calculator for Facebook, known as Calcubot.

Examining some details of regulatory changes related to loan officer compensation, and escrow requirements for higher priced mortgage loans.

Home price appreciation patterns across the country continue to support incessant housing market improvement expectations during 2013.

GSO Capital Partners will make available up to $150 million as part of a land banking arrangement.

JPMorgan Securities and Deutsche Bank are working on a $285 million commercial mortgage-backed securities deal collateralized by the Hotel del Coronado in San Diego and the intellectual property rights associated with its brand name.

The National Association of Realtors leading indicator of future existing home sales stalled in February.

Starting in July, Freddie Mac will make it easier for distressed borrowers who are having trouble meeting their monthly mortgage payments obtain a loan modification.

Mortgage applications during the week ending March 22 met expectations that they would reverse the previous week’s drop, rising 7.7% on a seasonally adjusted basis and 8% on an unadjusted basis.

The National Crime Prevention Council is hosting a virtual conference on how consumers, lenders and servicers can prevent mortgage fraud from occurring.

The National Association of Realtors’ venture capital fund Tuesday named six participating real estate technology start-ups it will be working with.

As the first quarter of the year comes to an end, Auction.com Research is forecasting cautious optimism for commercial real estate markets for 2013 and beyond.

Dallas Fed President Richard Fisher said he’d like the U.S. to reduce its mortgage-backed security purchases program amid signs that the economy will probably grow at about 3% by the end of the year.

A new poster on the Mortgage Grapevine wants to know whether a bank will loan against a certificate of deposit for $100 million.

QuestSoft has made updates to its Compliance Eagle platform so the platform is in compliance with the upcoming Consumer Financial Protection Bureau rule changes.

Year-over-year defeasance of loans in commercial mortgage-backed securities increased significantly in 2012 reaching to its highest level since the eruption of the housing crisis in 2007

Increased confidence is expected to accelerate consumer spending and improve U.S. housing demand throughout 2013.

Shadow inventory figures continue to fall from their peak highs three years ago.

Average home prices through January increased on a monthly and yearly basis, according to the S&P/Case-Schiller home price index.

The seasonally adjusted rate of new single-family home sales in February dropped about 4.6% to 411,000 from a slight downward revision of the January rate to 431,000.