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The largest U.S. bank's apartment loan business is mushrooming, aided by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac retrenching. Now JPMorgan is refocusing on a market where, surprisingly, it lags: New York.

The company, started in 2010 after the mortgage crisis, wrote $4.5 billion of new insurance in the fourth quarter, only about $400 million less than market veteran Genworth.

The pace of home construction declined more than forecast in January, indicating an unusually harsh winter probably played a role in slowing projects.

The new master policy rules affects the relationship with the mortgage lender.

Platinum Data Solutions has completed an initial round of accuracy testing on the 18 automated valuation models that it resells to lenders and servicers.

The Community Home Lenders Association is concerned the high fees will be more of a drag on home purchase volume as interest rates rise.

Prospect Mortgage entered a $3.1 million settlement with California regulators for overcharging mortgage borrowers per diem interest over a seven-year period.

Thousands of lenders post oceans of data each year to meet Home Mortgage Disclosure Act obligations. There may be more reporting requirements coming. Will the value of the new transparency outweigh the added compliance burden to lenders?

This tops a previous bid for the parent of mortgage warehouse provider Southwest Securities by $1 per share.

A jury found a particular loan officer was exempt from minimum wage/overtime requirements because her work involved "outside sales," but the case's decision fails to broadly apply to all LOs.

Confidence among homebuilders plunged in February by the most on record as bad weather limited prospective buyer traffic and depressed sales.

Ben Anderson is the early leader among survey respondents, with volume of $201 million in 2013.

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The mortgage tech vendor is trying to maintain profits by signing and upgrading customers. The headwinds it faces reflect broader industrywide challenges: lower origination volume and new compliance requirements.

A Tampa homeowner is suing Bank of America and U.S. Bancorp, claiming that the banks delayed processing his mortgage payments in order to earn extra interest for themselves.

Bank of America is cutting 450 mortgage jobs from West Coast offices after new loans fell short of internal forecasts, two people with direct knowledge of the plans said.

American Advisors Group is developing a retail "feet on street" sales force and will get a big boost from the acquisition of Associated Mortgage Bankers' reverse mortgage platform.

Radian Group is now the leader in insurance-in-force but MGIC says it is not concerned about market share.

Mortgage software firm Ellie Mae posted higher year-over-year revenue growth in the fourth quarter of 2013, but reported a dip in net income as operating expenses rose.