Mortgages

Lender seeks to ease minds of buyers worried about declining home vales.

Fannie Mae purchased $86 billion of loans from its seller/servicers during August, up 12% from the month prior.

Platinum Data and SharperLending have entered into a technology alliance providing access to certain product on the collateral valuation side of the transaction.

Eight people involved in a nearly a two-year mortgage fraud scheme that caused losses of over $30 million were charged with conspiracy to commit bank fraud and money laundering.

Fitch Ratings says a sign for a potential commercial real estate rebound is that fewer troubled conduit loans are now in special servicing.

Home equity loan installment balances rose 0.3% in August, representing the first increase since November 2007.

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HLSS completes another servicing deal with Ocwen Financial Corp.

Cenlar, a thrift, grew its subservicing business by 25% in the second quarter.

Moody's tells Genworth Financial that it should sell its troubled U.S. mortgage insurance division.

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A study by Insidesales.com finds the quicker the loan officer calls the customer back, the more likely they will do business.

Thanks to more GSE G-fee hikes, in time we may see more firms play in the jumbo MBS space. But don't hold your breath.

When the housing crisis began nearly five years ago, one of the main concerns was that the backlog of foreclosed properties were all going to hit the market at the same time, but this has not materialized as suspected.

The private mortgage insurance industry continues to gain strength in new policies written with reporting firms saying they wrote $11.3 billion of coverage in August.

Regulators are starting to see the effects of a $25 billion national mortgage servicing settlement with an increase in new loan modification trial-period plans.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's expanded the definition of origination could have a profound impact on nonproducing branch managers.

Flagstar Bancorp, a top ten ranked player in residential finance, is going the reverse stock split route.

At national banks the percentage of mortgages that were current or performing was 88.7% at the end of the quarter, compared with 88.1% a year earlier.

Grand Bank has agreed to sell its wholesale mortgage banking division, ICON Residential.