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Dimont reported Monday that FHA hazard claims processing had jumped 76% year-over-year.

Walter Investment Management has promoted its vice chairman to CEO, after Mark O'Brien said he will retire from that position.

If we can't identify adequate capital to bear mortgage credit losses when they are incurred, aren't we setting ourselves up for another series of bailouts in the next housing downturn?

NewCastle Home Loans Owner Ryan Kelley has branded himself as "The Home Loan Expert" and is willing to sit in a bathtub full of credit cards to prove it.

Two Harbors Investment Corp. made a quick turnaround from its early September transaction and is marketing another $334 million of bonds backed by residential mortgages.

2016 Presidential candidate Carly Fiorina telegraphs a message that the mortgage industry would do well to heed.

Employment at nonbank mortgage banking and brokerage firms was steady in August, ending a six-month run of job gains.

Mortgage professional hiring and new job appointments for the week ending Oct. 2.

News Corp's Move Inc. has acquired Reesio, a provider of document and transaction management software for residential real estate.

WASHINGTON — Federal examiners will expect institutions to show that they made a "good faith" effort in preparing for the implementation of the new integrated mortgage disclosures that go into effect on Oct. 3, regulators said in letters sent to industry groups on Thursday.

Reven Housing REIT in La Jolla, Calif., plans to raise about $29 million through a direct public offering.

NMI Holdings Inc. president Jay Sherwood will step aside and become the company's vice chairman for the remainder of his employment agreement, the company said in an 8-K filing.

Thirty-year fixed-rate mortgages averaged 3.85% during the week ending Oct. 1 — merely a one-basis-point decrease from last week.

The Federal Housing Finance Agency is planning to issue a final rule in the next 12 months to require Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to better serve underserved markets, including manufactured housing, the agency said Thursday.

USAA will shift about 120 positions in its mortgage operations from an office near Dallas, to offices in Tampa, Fla., and Phoenix.

In a quarter that saw a rout in global stocks, commodities and major currencies, at least one investment stayed hot: Manhattan apartments.

If the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau provides lenders with a hold harmless period, it must also include protections to keep lenders from facing future lawsuits related to TILA-RESPA Integrated Disclosures compliance.

WinWater Home Mortgage is back with its largest ever securitization of residential mortgage loans.

Community bankers merit more regulatory relief, particularly those that hold mortgage originations. That was a key message from James Bullard, St. Louis Fed President, during a community banking conference in St. Louis hosted by the Federal Reserve Board and the Conference of State Bank Supervisors.

The Federal Reserve Board has approved the merger of M&T Bank and Hudson City Bancorp after more than three years of delay. The approval came on the day the regulator had set as a deadline to announce its verdict on the deal.