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Altisource Portfolio Solutions has replaced its GoHoming online real estate marketplace with Hubzu.com.

In a business where building your personal brand is equally as important as building a company brand, David Pressel has been able to do both.

Ten industry groups are urging the Consumer Financial Protection Agency to issue a qualified mortgage rule that allows them to adhere to current underwriting standards without fear of litigation.

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The presidential election is heating up and according to emails I’ve received there’s evidence out there suggesting that not all mortgage bankers love GOP candidate Mitt Romney.

The nation’s refinancing boom has been plowing along for two years now—and just when it appears that everyone who could refinance has already done so, rates drop yet again, setting off another round of activity.

Patrick Sheehy, a top mortgage executive at Chase, has left the company, National Mortgage News has learned.

Union Bank, San Francisco, one of the largest jumbo lenders in the U.S., is on track to fund a record $9 billion in loans this year, according to a top officer at the company.

The Justice Department is defending a recent fair-lending settlement against an accusation of prosecutorial overreach.

Ellie Mae COO Jonathan Corr discusses how mortgage companies should time new technology purchases to take advantage of market dynamics.

An ethical sales atmosphere starts at the corporate level.

Commercial mortgage-backed securities delinquencies declined by nine basis points in August when compared to July, but conduit loans backed by office properties remain a problem.

The Federal Housing Administration has opened the bids for its Sept. 12 sale of 5,000 nonperforming formerly insured FHA loans and the results are “very, very positive.”

Loan officer compensation rules do not distinguish between reverse mortgages and traditional mortgages, per se. Rather, they make other distinctions.

Old Line Bancshares Inc. has acquired WSB Holdings Inc. following a merger agreement that creates one of the largest banks serving the Maryland area.

Luther Burbank Savings has agreed to invest $2 million in low-income communities to settle a Justice Department lawsuit alleging it discriminated against minorities.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau opposes a proposed 20% downpayment requirement for low-risk mortgages.

A TD Bank homebuyer poll finds that American women place a higher value on homeownership than men do.

The Federal Open Market Committee said it would increase its holdings of agency mortgage-backed securities by $40 billion per month in a third round of quantitative easing.

Data show the vast majority of pre-retirees and older workers are overburdened by mortgage debt and other modern era expenses.