Mortgages

Lending standards loosened slightly in January, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

As New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio continues to ramp up his affordable housing plan, one of the main financial engines of the initiative has set out to match the challenge for a second year running.

One of the first housing-related items on the budget is continued support for industry regulation, in general, and the CFPB, in particular.

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RealtyTrac says that nearly 84% of all homes in Horry County, S.C., could qualify for one or more of seven down payment assistance programs that will help homebuyers in households with up to a $76,020 annual income to buy a home worth as much as $271,050.

Standard & Poor's has agreed to pay Pennsylvania $21.5 million to settle a federal lawsuit that claimed the company defrauded investors by abandoning its role as an independent loan evaluator in the lead-up to the Great Recession.

The Fair Housing Justice Center has filed a federal lawsuit accusing M&T Bank of discrimination in mortgage lending practices on the basis of race and national origin.

Homeowners who refinanced their mortgages last year should have some extra coin in their pockets this year: $5 billion worth of saved interest in the first 12 months.

Mortgage rates declined, remaining at the lowest levels in more than 20 months.

The expiration of the federal Protecting Tenants at Foreclosure Act leaves servicers dealing with a patchwork of state laws and investor rules, while renters living in REO properties are at a greater risk of eviction.

Ocwen Financial Corp., the mortgage company that's faced attacks from regulators and bond investors, had its proficiency grades reduced by Fitch Ratings.

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Dan Sparks helped Goldman Sachs Group Inc. profit from its bets against subprime mortgages. Now he's expanding credit to Americans hurt when those types of loans soured and the housing market collapsed.

Tewksbury FCU and CU Close have launched a new collaborative enterprise to help lenders and credit unions profit from combined volume and more efficient vendor management.

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac's overseer wants to allow debt cuts for a narrow group of borrowers who owe more than their homes are worth.

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New-home construction was sluggish in Palm Beach County last year with builders breaking ground on 2,132 new homes, a meager 3% gain from 2013.

Orange County home prices ended 2014 up 3.8%, the smallest annual appreciation rate in three years due in part to a decline in investor speculation.

Standard & Poor's tab is $1.4 billion — including $52.5 million for Illinois — to resolve long-standing allegations by federal and state authorities that the firm misled investors in the run-up to 2008's financial collapse.

Bank of America plans to lay off 202 employees in a loan servicing unit in Norfolk, Va., by March 29 because of the continuing decline in the number of delinquent mortgages.