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Applications to take out a residential mortgage fell 4.3% for the week ending Aug. 24 with refinancings weakening slightly.

Mortgage bankers issued $32 billion of Ginnie Mae mortgage-backed securities in July down almost 8% from June. Still, the market remains strong.

The REO market remains hot, and so are business process management solutions that enable servicers to gain control of processes.

The tamper-evident electronic mortgage seal gets put to the test.

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. reported that banks and thrifts originated $186 billion of closed-end single-family loans in the second quarter through retail means, compared to $170 billion in the first.

The roots of the mortgage crisis stretch back to 1996 with the introduction of Freddie Mac’s Loan Prospector and Fannie Mae's Desktop Underwriter automated underwriting systems.

The Case-Shiller house price index rose 2.3% in both June and May on a nonseasonally adjusted basis and all 20 cities featured in the index posted month-over-month increases in both June and May.

The “real” homeownership rate has fallen to its lowest level in almost 50 years.

Fannie Mae Chief Economist Doug Duncan explains the impact that housing is having on the U.S. economy.

The National Association of Realtors is forecasting that the vacancy rate on multifamily dwellings will fall to 4.2% this quarter compared to 5.6% a year ago as high demand outstrips supply.