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Impac Mortgage Corp., a subsidiary of Impac Mortgage Holdings Inc., will acquire the mortgage operations of CashCall Inc., a consumer direct mortgage originator.

Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julian Castro moved swiftly on Thursday to defend pending cuts to the Federal Housing Administration's premiums, rebutting GOP arguments they are premature.

Lenda, a new mortgage company backed by Silicon Valley investors, wants to supplant the traditional loan officer with consumer self-service technology.

Mortgage credit availability loosened in December, according to a report from the Mortgage Bankers Association.

Being a mortgage originator means juggling many tasks but marketing your business takes precedence above all of the others.

Mortgage rates dropped to the lowest level in more than a year and a half as falling oil prices and concerns about the strength of the euro drove investors to the safety of the U.S. government bonds that guide borrowing costs.

Private mortgage insurance stocks tumbled Wednesday amid news that President Obama is expected to announce cuts to the Federal Housing Administration's annual premiums.

Consumers remained cautious about the housing market in December despite optimism that the economy is improving, according to Fannie Mae's National Housing Survey.

The Federal Aviation Administration on Tuesday authorized the first use of drones for real estate photography.

Mortgage applications dropped over the last two weeks of last year even as interest rates remain at or below the 4% mark.

The residential and mortgage-backed securities market has seen "substantial improvements," according to Fitch Ratings.

Manhattan apartment prices jumped to the highest point since their 2008 peak as buyers competed for a limited supply of homes and deals were completed in new luxury developments.

Tree.com has adopted its marquee LendingTree brand for its new corporate name.

Ranieri Partners and WL Ross & Co. are selling its commercial real estate advisory services company, Situs, to Stone Point Capital.

Home prices in November continued to be higher than a year earlier, according to data from CoreLogic.

Mortgage denials in 2013 were comparable to those recorded a decade ago, analyses of HMDA data show, challenging perceptions about how easy lending really was during the era of "pulse" loans and "fog-a-mirror finance."

With Republicans now controlling both chambers of Congress and signals from Democrats that they are open to alterations, revisions to Dodd-Frank are at the top of the agenda in addition to other subjects, like terrorism insurance and housing finance reform.

Federal Savings Bank in Chicago has agreed to buy Baytree National Bank & Trust in Lake Forest, Ill.

With 2015 in full swing, National Mortgage News is taking a look at the biggest trends and topics that will shape 2015.

As a result of certain court decisions, government agencies like the Federal Housing Administration have even more latitude in pursuing these claims against lenders.