Mortgages

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Double-digit price appreciation in major MSAs makes secondary markets the next target.

Incoming FHFA director Mel Watt’s postponement of a g-fee increase may mean he is likely to favor expansion of credit over shrinking the GSEs.

Time to Accumulate MSRs? Better find a way to connect with your consumer first.

Fidelity National Financial, the largest U.S. title insurer, won approval from U.S. antitrust regulators for its $2.9 billion acquisition of Lender Processing Services.

Congress is poised for a battle over tax provisions and raising the government debt ceiling.

The ratings agency has downgraded $45 million in securities issued by Bank of America in 2005 and 2006 citing macroeconomic and servicing factors.

Tight supply and rising prices may have forced some buyers to the sidelines.

Calgary-based Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust gave two families free lodging for 2014 and a holiday to remember.

Steve Calk, chairman and CEO of the Federal Savings Bank and Chicago Bancorp, would make originations much simpler if he were a regulator.

Prices have increased across the U.S. as investors drain markets of inventory and improving employment brings in more buyers.

The course of action you can take to help more consumers qualify for a mortgage.

The government-sponsored enterprises are selling 50,000 REO per quarter.

Owners of single-family rentals can put the small units in their backyards, zoning permitting.

The number of homes in foreclosure fell sharply in 3Q as fewer and fewer borrowers fell behind on their mortgages, according to a report by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency.

Improvements in the internal control environment, investments in servicing technology and improved internal audit and Reg AB results led to the ratings changes, according to Fitch.

Many lenders have used a practice of reimbursing certain expenses, such as lead services, contingent on production levels. This practice is, however, potentially unlawful.

There is money from mortgage refinance business coming off the table as that pipeline runs dry.

There previously were triple-C, double-C or single-C ratings on all the downgraded commercial mortgage-backed securities, suggesting defaults were likely.

The company is aligning its agency, direct and commercial New York customer channels.