We're hearing MERS is far from done spending time and money defending its right to serve as the official record of who owns mortgages and servicing rights.

The trick is to figure out how to properly manage the onslaught of regulatory changes.

New vendor management requirements place increased scrutiny on how banks and nonbanks are managing third-party risk, while it is clear that the regulators and government agencies expect more oversight.

While private-equity firms are helping real estate values recover from the worst slump since the 1930s by cutting the supply of foreclosures for sale, they’re also crowding the market with rentals.

Housing forecasters remain optimistic that property values will continue to increase over the next several years and exceed pre-bubble rates by 2017.

Due to their access to capital, the big national builders are getting lots of orders and they are scooping up building lots.

Langley FCU has signed with Mortgage Cadence to implement the company’s Symphony platform to support the credit union’s rapidly expanding mortgage program.

We're hearing that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will be selling assets out of their mortgage investment portfolios this year.

Canadian existing home sales fell in February from the previous month on drops in Vancouver and Toronto.

Redfin said Phoenix had 540 of what it has defined as flash sales, a home going into contract 24 hours or less after listing.

California new and existing home and condominium sales in February declined 0.5% from January and fell 3.1% when compared with February 2012.

Fannie Mae priced its third multifamily DUS REMIC for 2013, a $904.3 million deal that is the first of its kind to include 10-year pools with seven years of yield maintenance.

Rates and eligibility information for Mortgage Guaranty Insurance Corp.’s private mortgage insurance products are now available via LoanSifter.

Re/Max is seeing encouraging signs in its February sales data, including more move-up buyers entering the market.

Despite a modest increase in foreclosure filings on a monthly basis as of February, one housing industry analyst sees relief for the national foreclosure crisis through the end of this year and into 2014.

LoanSafeMods.com is offering a new tool designed to facilitate decision making for borrowers looking at foreclosure alternative options.

Republic Mortgage Home Loans has developed a mobile app exclusively for its borrowers.

Lending Processing Services is adding former Treasury secretary John Snow to its board.

Bliss Sawyer been working on a new e-book and recently wrote up the chapter on social media.