Mortgages

The plan is to bring it back to life to get it off the balance sheet.

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Speculation that the Federal Reserve will maintain the status quo for its mortgage-backed securities and Treasury bond purchases put downward pressure on rates.

Purchases by non-owner-occupants are now at 14% of the home sales market.

The housing market continues to favor investors who are buying distressed and nondistressed assets with cash.

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Congressional opposition to lowering the limits may be responsible for the delay.

Over the past two years several ratings agencies have analyzed potential challenges and risks to rental securitizations.

A New York State examination showed the lender charged homeowners upfront “discount fees” in exchange for lower interest rates, but failed to give the borrowers the promised discounts.

Other gains at the company offset a 39% year-over-year decline in mortgage banking revenue to $65 million.

The company was found guilty by a federal jury in a trial about loans sold to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

The state has the power to do this, but it hasn’t done so yet.

Sometimes the most innocent comment in a blog ends up turning into a partisan response.

The bank expects a 10% drop in fourth-quarter originations.

The Salt Lake City company has long lagged in mortgages, and now is the time to get more aggressive as big rivals pull back and small competitors struggle with qualified-mortgage rules, CEO Harris Simmons says.

House appreciation slowed in the Pacific states even though price increases could top 20% this year.

Volume in the near future will benefit from the end of the shutdown and a further delay for the start of the taper.

The number of active mortgages in foreclosure continues to fall as of month-end September, but the delinquency rate increased.

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The new originations lenders sell to the secondary market are tougher to come by, and data show minority communities and immigrant communities are underserved. So why aren’t investors more interested in products like foreign-national loans?