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Homebuilder PulteGroup Inc. said its president, Ryan Marshall, will take over immediately as chief executive officer.

Though the Federal Housing Finance Agency has yet to provide full details about its new refinancing program to be launched next year, some analysts and industry observers are already convinced it will have only a limited impact.

A slight uptick in refinances led to a similarly small increase in mortgage applications from last week, according to data released Wednesday by the Mortgage Bankers Association.

Home purchase sentiment fell in August as home price expectations and other components decreased from record highs one month ago, according to Fannie Mae.

First American Financial Services has reached an agreement to acquire RedVision Systems, one of the largest independent providers of title and property research nationwide.

Purchase loans experienced a 52% seasonal increase on a quarterly basis during the second quarter, reaching the highest level both in terms of volume and dollar amount since 2007, according to Black Knight Financial Services.

Home prices rose again year over year in July and are expected to do the same this time next year, according to CoreLogic.

Efforts to expand diversity and inclusion are critical to any industry, but they're becoming especially important in mortgage finance, where the customer base is evolving and more millennial and multicultural consumers are ready to buy homes.

Home prices have returned to their precrisis peaks, but homeownership rates keep on slipping.

It's no secret that subprime lending played a heavy role in the demise of the mortgage broker. But to truly understand how brokers rose to prominence, it is helpful to look back to the channel's beginnings. Here's a look at three data points that sum up the rise and fall of the mortgage broker.