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.

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

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

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.

MBS issuance continues to decline as the Fed reduces bond buying.

Lenders are unloading more of their bank-owned inventory at the foreclosure auction to take advantage of the volume of investors and cash purchasers in the marketplace.

Score a win for the private market, as higher GSE prices make nonagency mortgages more attractive to investors.

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Re/Max finds few markets with higher real estate transactions in November compared to a year ago.

The big bank has more than twice as much Ginnie servicing volume as the second-place company in the niche.

Issuers can get new commitment authority in as little as five minutes, according to Ginnie Mae president Ted Tozer.

The new feature will reduce errors and lender risk by ensuring the loan meets investor eligibility guidelines before it is too late in the process.

Sixty-three percent of lenders have an electronic document solution in place, the ninth Path to Paperless survey from Xerox finds.

Mortgage technology developer Optimal Blue acquired its largest competitor, LoanSifter, in a deal that combines the two largest standalone developers of product eligibility and pricing engines remaining in the mortgage industry.

A limited supply of properties available to purchase on the open market continues to affect prices in many of the nation’s largest counties.

An unprecedented annual jump in Internet mortgage banking transactions coupled with a 50% increase in mobile banking is profoundly changing retail bank operations and customer retention practices across the U.S., according to Accenture.

Builders continued to break ground on new units during the government shutdown.

The interest rates on jumbo loans remain lower than for conforming loans.

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