Mortgages

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has its own page on Facebook and it has a Twitter account as well.

Technology and education are two components helping Realtors, consumers, and servicers complete more short sales now compared to years ago.

Among the goals of the national mortgage settlement is to establish a system of distressed loan servicing that is efficient, fair and humane.

Interactive Mortgage Advisors is exclusively brokering $312 million Ginnie Mae bulk residential mortgage servicing rights for an unnamed seller.

Fitch Ratings is urging publicly traded homebuilders to exercise restraint in grabbing up land for future development.

Fifth Third Mortgage Co. continues to outpace the national average conversion rate of Home Affordable Modification Program loans into permanent modifications.

An estimated 37,764 new and resale houses and condominiums sold throughout California in March.

The era of “extend-pretend” may be coming to an end for maturing commercial mortgages that cannot make their payments.

According to the Visa Inc. global Financial Literacy Barometer, U.S. women rank fourth after Brazil, Australia and Mexico, the top three most financially literate women in the world.

The title insurance industry was one of the beneficiaries of the 2012 refinance boom, as premiums written during the year totaled $11.4 billion, up 21% over 2012.

Deutsche Bank AG is moving closer to turning U.S. rental home payments into bonds.

A Kroll Bond Rating Agency presale report shows a property tax lien securitization from a new player in the deal pipeline.

Taylor Capital Group's quarterly profit rose as revenue from its mortgage-banking operations remained strong.

SunTrust Banks experienced a 34% drop in mortgage production income in the first quarter mainly due to a decline in margins.

Two senators have introduced a bill that would ensure residents in over 900 communities don’t lose their eligibility to take out Rural Housing Service loans.

A couple of warnings, specific to California, but could apply in other states as well.

Rising home prices are building up the pressure on undecided homebuyers who are considering homeownership before it is too late.

Normally student loans cannot be discharged as part of a bankruptcy restructuring.

But the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis president believes the central bank's low interest-rate policies are necessary.