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Nonprime mortgage securitization has roughly doubled each of the last two years, and it shows no signs of stopping, according to Fitch Ratings.

Mortgage interest rates increased for the first time in 2017, ending a run of three weeks where they were down, according to Freddie Mac.

Radian Group reported fourth-quarter net income of $61.1 million, down 18% from $74.5 million for the same period in 2015.

Purchases of new homes fell in December to a 10-month low, suggesting the post-election jump in mortgage rates pushed out potential buyers.

Profits at Astoria Financial in Lake Success, N.Y., fell along with net interest income in the fourth quarter.

The Federal Housing Finance Agency is seeking a significant amount of information from lenders that specialize in making chattel loans to manufactured homebuyers due to a lack of reliable data on the market.

A pair of Long Island, N.Y., residents admitted to defrauding a Rochester, N.Y.-based mortgage company of $1.2 million in a straw borrower scam.

The phrase "it is what it is" came up several times as CEO Joseph Ficalora addressed analysts' questions about nixing plans to buy Astoria and the challenges of getting another deal done.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average crossed the 20,000 threshold for the first time Wednesday, but the post-election stock market rally has produced a mixed bag for mortgage demand and the industry's publicly traded companies.

A tactic that helped define the height of homebuying madness in the U.S. in the years before the market collapsed is rearing its head again.

Mortgage application volume increased 4% from one week earlier even as interest rates rose during the period, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

BankUnited said that its fourth-quarter earnings increased 12% from the same period in 2015, to $63.3 million, as strong gains in interest income more than offset rising expenses and a sharply lower gain on sales of loans.

Increases in commercial real estate, C&I and municipal and state loans boosted fourth-quarter profit at the $13 billion-asset Trustmark.

The company wants a big deal to help push it over $50 billion of assets, at which point it will be considered systematically important.

Big increases in construction and commercial real estate lending boosted revenue at the Kansas City, Mo., company.

CoreLogic has released a new mobile application that provides access to property data and analytics.

Despite a jump in mortgage origination activity, Flagstar Bancorp reported lower fourth-quarter profits thanks to an uptick in expenses.

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Richard Cordray sent his strongest signal to date on Tuesday that he has no intention of resigning ahead of his term expiring next year even if asked to by President Donald J. Trump.

The Mortgage Industry Standards Maintenance Organization has extended the comment period on its proposed standard regarding the maintenance and sharing of commercial and multifamily rent-roll information.

Appraisal management companies must self-regulate their prices unless they want the government to do it for them.