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Consent decrees issued (and not issued) last week demonstrate how having appropriate compliance controls can and will make a major difference in any potential regulatory response.

Home prices rose slightly in November, but are still down approximately 10% from their peak seen in June 2006, according to Black Knight Financial Services.

D.R. Horton Inc., the largest U.S. homebuilder by revenue, reported fiscal first-quarter earnings that beat estimates as sales jumped.

Median home prices in the Chicago area beat their year-earlier comparison every month in 2014 but the same can't be said of home sales, which dropped in every month but one last year.

The Dallas area had one of the biggest home price increases on record in 2014.

Mortgage professional hiring and new job appointments for the week ending Jan. 23.

The national mortgage delinquency rate dropped in December after a significant uptick the previous month, according to Black Knight Financial Services.

Purchases of previously owned homes rose less than forecast in December as higher prices limited sales to first-time buyers.

Rising home prices have helped the nation’s homeowners by increasing equity and lifting more of them out of “underwater” mortgage situations.

LRES, a property valuation firm in Orange, Calif., has acquired Lenders Choice, an appraisal management company in Tulsa, Okla.