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We're counting down the list of this year's 300 Top Producers. Check out which loan officers made the cut in the penultimate segment of the list!

Prosper Marketplace on Monday announced a three-year agreement to offer financing to consumers making improvements to their homes through the website HomeAdvisor.com.

Home equity lenders are putting more loans on the books, thanks to increasing property values. But utilization rates are falling, not increasing, and older loans are paying off at a faster clip than lenders can replace them.

We're counting down the list of this year's 300 Top Producers. Check out which loan officers made the cut in the ninth segment of the list!

Mortgage professional hiring and new job appointments for the week ending March 11.

Single-family housing construction is set to top multifamily start for first time since the financial crisis.

Contrary to popular narrative, low interest rates are one of the reasons to be excited about the long-term outlook for housing.

We're counting down the list of this year's 300 Top Producers. Check out which loan officers made the cut in the eighth segment of the list!

QRM clarified the rules of the road for securitizations. Now, participants in the MBS world seeking better margins are looking beyond the safe harbor — to the subprime space.

Interest rates on fixed-rate mortgages rose for the second straight week, according to Freddie Mac.

New home purchase mortgage application volume increased month-over-month in February, as mild weather and low rates encouraged a busy start to the spring buying season, the Mortgage Bankers Association said.

Home-price appreciation is a welcome development for households whose nest eggs were shattered by the residential real estate bust that began a decade ago.

PHH, which lost $145 million in 2015, has hired Credit Suisse and JPMorgan to help it review all of its options, including capital allocation, to maximize shareholder value.

Cities may be the top choice for millennials who rent apartments, but young homebuyers are moving in droves to the suburbs, where prices are lower and backyards are plentiful.

HomePlus Mortgage and Springleaf Financial Services were rated by LendingTree customers as the top lenders in their respective categories on the lead generation website's fourth-quarter survey.

We're counting down the list of this year's 300 Top Producers. Check out which loan officers made the cut in the next segment of the list!

Mortgage applications ticked up slightly last week, as low refinance activity continued to offset gains in new purchase applications, the Mortgage Bankers Association said.

First mortgage originations climbed in February as home equity loans declined, according to Equifax.

We're counting down the list of this year's 300 Top Producers. Check out which loan officers made the cut in the sixth segment of the list!

Changes to mortgage disclosure rules implemented in October continue to frustrate community bankers and is just another example of the struggle to stay independent.