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SunTrust would have earned a record high of $152 million on mortgage banking in the third quarter if not for loan buyback reserves.

Residential Capital Corp. will be sold through an asset sale with possibly $4 billion in proceeds going to the bankruptcy trustee.

Fannie Mae and Ginnie Mae are seeking to protect taxpayers as a flood of new lenders apply to do business with them.

Mortgage Bankers Association president and CEO David Stevens declared that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac should go through the same rule-making process as any other government agency while they are in conservatorship.

Will Ocwen's outsourcing of jobs overseas hurt its bid for Residential Capital Corporation?

With origination volumes booming, PennyMac has doubled a repo facility it had with Citibank.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is working closely with state regulators in an effort to ensure a level playing field in the nonbank mortgage sector.

Strong mortgage banking revenue helped boost profits at BancorpSouth.

Fannie Mae hopes to attract more private capital to the business but so far it's been tough sledding.

Mortgage Returns CEO says marketers need to send the right message to the right client.

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Keep your ears open in Chicago at the MBA show for hints about which way the minimum net worth requirement is leaning.

Existing home sales fell 1.7% in September after a strong August when purchases rose 8%.

Third-quarter earnings at Taylor Capital Group more than doubled to $15 million from last year as mortgage banking revenue continued to soar.

Berkshire Hills Bancorp, Rockville Financial and SP Bancorp are among the community banks actively hiring commercial lenders.

Particular states are taking a regimented approach to their review of branch manager agreements to ensure that branches paid on a "profit and loss" basis are not “net branches.”

Low downpayment loans could be in danger depending on how the qualified mortgage rule plays out.

Moody’s Analytics believes housing starts could jump to 1.1 million units next year and 1.8 million in 2014.

Housing issues appear to be all but absent in the presidential debates with an occasional mention here and there.

The latest roundup of regulatory changes and mortgage fraud news.