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Realogy Holdings Corp., owner of brokerage brands Coldwell Banker and Century 21, is building a division to manage single-family homes for landlords in the growing house-rental industry.

Walter Investment taps profits from HARP refinancings to build retail origination network.

Hawaii plans to sell $150 million in taxable bonds in November to fund a program to provide low-interest loans targeting residents with poor credit or low income who want to install energy savings devices like solar panels on their homes.

Fitch Ratings may decline to rate or limit the maximum rating on re-performing securitizations if their representations and warranties, rep providers, documentation, due diligence reviews and structures aren't up to snuff.

The overall message – that mini-correspondents were intended as transitions, not permanent business models – means that the loan channel would be examined for consistency with the intended purpose.

MGIC Investment Corp. reported its insurance subsidiaries wrote $3.6 billion in new primary mortgage insurance in July, up 12.5% from June, continuing its second-quarter trend.

Minority borrowers, as a group, are more likely to use the same lender again and more likely to comment about the experience in social media.

Morgan Stanley is returning to the jumbo residential mortgage-backed securities market for the first-time since the housing crisis. The originator is well-known, but the loans are unusual and the geographic concentration is high.

Selling loans into the secondary market was a good strategy for housing finance agencies when rates were falling, but now they are said to be heading back to traditional bond financings to boost their balance sheets.

Fair Isaac's new credit scoring model includes enhancements to evaluate borrowers with limited credit histories and quantify the risk associated with different types of debt.

Ellie Mae has agreed to buy AllRegs, an electronic publisher of underwriting guidelines.

Zais Financial Corp., a real estate investment trust in Red Bank, N.J., has acquired the privately owned mortgage company GMFS in Baton Rouge, La., for approximately $61 million.

Banks and other lenders appear to be waiting on a regulatory signal from the Federal Housing Finance Agency before approving loans for borrowers with less than stellar credit profiles.

Though some borrowers will suffer from payment shock when home equity lines reach their end-of-draw-period after 10 years, the risks are isolated. Fewer than 20% of home equity lines have an elevated risk of default in the next few years, TransUnion found.

Radian Group Inc. jumped in New York trading after the mortgage insurer posted a second-quarter profit as the housing market improved.

Northrim BanCorp in Anchorage, Alaska, has agreed to buy Residential Mortgage Holding Co.

Fannie Mae will give the Treasury Department $3.7 billion next month after the largest financier of mortgages posted its 10th-consecutive quarterly profit.

Freddie Mac will pay the Treasury Department $1.9 billion after the second-largest financier of mortgages posted its 11th consecutive quarterly profit.

Mortgage rates for 30-year loans rose for the first time in four weeks as borrowing costs that remain close to record lows spurred more Americans to refinance their homes.