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The refinance boomlet is over, but purchase activity is straggling along.

August's Corelogic S&P Case-Shiller Home Price Index was down 0.13% versus July, affected by tougher housing markets in the South and West.

The lawmaker said leadership on the House Financial Services Committee is supportive of the legislation, which would limit the ability of credit-reporting agencies to sell homebuyer information to financial service providers.

The REIT's Newrez arm suffered a servicing valuation hit, but reported gains across each of its origination channels.

Nearing the first anniversary of its acquisition of Roundpoint, the company is focusing on MSRs and will now be known simply as Two.

Freddie Mac also indicated that it will be proceeding with its closely watched second-lien pilot, while Fannie reported gains in serving credit invisible borrowers.

Neil Bader once headed up a company that was one of, if not the, largest mortgage brokerage in the 1990s. His career has covered the various shifts in how the business is done.

Positive feedback from participants in existing programs led to the decision to expand them in order to assist more lenders.

As it gets ready for more competition from VantageScore, the company also did not comment on reports of yet another impending price hike.

The capital markets platform will allow its investor clients to compare non-qualified mortgage rate sheets to their competitors for free.

A trade group's estimates point to another quarter of profitability in housing finance, but originations have limits and loan performance is under pressure.

Over 100 originators have returned to Loandepot's retail channel. The mortgage shop is also planning to beef up its VA lending segment with a new hire.

Three-fourths of jumbo borrowers are hanging onto mortgage rates at or below 4%.

While the recent upward movement has dampened borrowing activity, housing researchers reported encouraging signs for business this fall.

Sales of new single-family homes increased 4.1% last month to a 738,000 annualized rate, government figures showed Thursday.

While recent homeowners overwhelmingly support digital innovation that leads to faster, streamlined transactions, AI is "still not a trusted system for many borrowers," Cloudvirga said.

Contract closings decreased 1% from a month earlier to a 3.84 million annualized rate, according to figures released Wednesday from the National Association of Realtors.

U.S. mortgage applications for both home purchases and refinancing dropped last week to the lowest levels since August, hobbled by a recent surge in mortgage rates.

A pair of mortgage technology providers are bringing out tools to increase customer retention rates among servicers and originators.

The complaint focused on 41 employees which allegedly accounted for $260 million in annual production volume.