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Affordability constraints and a lack of awareness about low-down-payment mortgage options are tempering confidence about buying a home, according to the National Association of Realtors.

Regions Financial Corp. has agreed to pay $52.4 million to settle allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by originating and underwriting mortgages that did not meet Federal Housing Administration requirements.

American International Group will provide reinsurance coverage on three years of United Guaranty's policies and that was an important consideration to do the deal with Arch, said AIG's Rob Schimek.

Efforts to expand diversity and inclusion are critical to any industry, but they're becoming especially important in mortgage finance, where the customer base is evolving and more millennial and multicultural consumers are ready to buy homes.

The events of the past 40 years pale in comparison to the strides the mortgage industry has made with technology, from pen-and-paper processes to handheld interest rate checks in minutes. The most exciting part: the best is yet to come.

Former Mortgage Guaranty Insurance Co. Chairman and Chief Executive William Lacy Jr. died Sunday from respiratory failure. He was 71.

Despite headwinds working against the mortgage insurance industry, this business could be the catalyst for bringing private capital back to the mortgage market.

The Federal Housing Administration should look to private mortgage insurance companies as a model for how to standardize the claim review process.

The president and founder of a now-defunct Massachusetts-based mortgage company was charged with defrauding Ginnie Mae to the tune of $3 million.

Arch U.S. MI's acquisition of United Guaranty Corp. will make one of the smallest private mortgage insurers the sector's new market leader. While the move is likely to ease pricing competition among the six remaining players, it's not expected to set off a wave of further consolidation.

American International Group. agreed to sell mortgage insurer United Guaranty Corp. to Arch Capital Group as Chief Executive Officer Peter Hancock works to simplify his company and free up capital to return to shareholders.

American International Group Inc. is in talks to sell its mortgage insurer, United Guaranty Corp., to Arch Capital Group Ltd. as Chief Executive Officer Peter Hancock works to simplify his company and free up capital to return to shareholders, according to a person familiar with the matter.

Essent Group reported higher net income for the second quarter of 2016 as the company wrote more insurance year-over-year.

Genworth Financial is looking at separating its mortgage insurance business from its life insurance line after it does the same for its long-term care insurance unit.

NMI Holdings reported second-quarter net income of $2 million, making it the first time the company founded in 2012 has ended a period in the black.

Greenlight Capital Re Ltd., the reinsurer seeking to reverse underwriting losses, is pushing into the mortgage guaranty market after being burned by fraudulent claims on property policies in Florida.

MGIC Investment Corp. has begun a public offering of $350 million in senior notes.

Old Republic International Corp.'s title insurance business had a 6% decline in pretax operating income year-over-year for the second quarter as costs rose greater than premium and fee revenue.

Radian Group nearly doubled its net income during the second quarter from a year ago on a significant drop in expenses stemming from a smaller loss on debt extinguishment.

Arch Capital had underwriting income of $37.8 million in its mortgage insurance segment, which includes its U.S. subsidiary and an international reinsurance business.