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The National Association of Independent Housing Professionals feels mortgages professionals have no representation on the agency's new Consumer Advisory Board.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau will ferret out lenders—bank and nonbank alike—with large numbers of consumer complaints.

The qualified mortgage rule—ever so briefly—became a topic in the presidential debate Wednesday night.

Explain to your customer that the credit score they obtain from one of those services could be vastly different than the one used for underwriting.

Remember the good old days, before the Industrial Revolution when governments threw people in debtor’s prison because they were broke?

In September, commercial real estate loans in CMBS that were delinquent by at least 30 days or in foreclosure fell 14 basis points from the previous month to 9.99%.

Is Wilbur Ross' exit from mortgage banking a sign that residential lending profits have peaked?

Ocwen Financial Corp. disclosed that it has agreed to buy Homeward Residential Holdings and all its mortgage affiliates.

Nationstar Mortgage went from private equity flop to a top servicer of troubled loans, thanks to deft management and a Fannie Mae partnership once hidden even from parts of the government.

Record low interest rates have led to a spike in refinance volume, driving total mortgage application volume up by 16.6% on a seasonally adjusted basis for the week ended Sept. 28.

GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney is open to trimming the mortgage interest deduction.

National Mortgage Insurance Corp., a new MI company, denies that it misappropriated trades secrets from the now defunct PMI Mortgage Insurance.

Roughly 10 million additional Americans might get the opportunity to refinance at today’s low mortgage rates, under two bills being promoted by HUD secretary Shaun Donovan.

Churchill Mortgage is on pace for a record year in loan volume.

FBC Mortgage has agreed to merge with a unit of Sterne Agee, an investment banking firm that covers a select number of residential finance stocks.

Bliss Sawyer sends an update about the Rural Development program to her referral partners.

Flagstar Bancorp named Michael Tierney president of both the holding company and thrift, effective immediately.

Field services are the first step servicers have to consider as they choose foreclosure sales and disposition strategies.

The qualified residential mortgage rule will determine which single-family loans are exempt from risk retention.

Recent changes made by the Federal Housing Administration to its condominium program has caused endorsements to increase nicely.