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With the Treasury yield at a two-week high, will the market see a corresponding spike in mortgage rates?

Altisource Residential Corporation has acquired a substantial portfolio of single-family rental properties. What will this mean for the market going forward?

It’s no secret that housing inventory is tight. Demand is also high. But that doesn’t mean people are buying, analysis shows.

Bank of America plans to terminate its mortgage origination services agreement with PHH Mortgage this coming spring.

Home appraisers received some relief in the form of a clarification of a requirement issued earlier this year in HUD’s recent updates to FHA’s Single-Family Housing Policy Handbook.

Per Dodd-Frank, banks that cross the $10 billion asset threshold become subject to increased regulation and supervision. While it seems they have an incentive to stay below the $10 billion mark, there is no systematic evidence they are avoiding it, according to one analysis.

Federal regulators determined in April that the resolution plans of eight "systemically important" bank holding companies were not quite up to speed. But the companies are trying to fix things.

The sweeping of GSE profits into Treasury has prompted nearly two dozen lawsuits from investors who claim the sweep is illegal. While some courts have ruled against investors in the last few months, they received a favorable ruling this week from the U.S. Court of Federal Claims.

While the debate continues as to how the new president will affect housing after January, the data shows that the ROI on houses in districts controlled by one party is nearly double that of houses in districts controlled by the other party.

ClosingCorp has announced the release of SmartCalc, a next generation online closing costs calculator that enables title companies to provide accurate, instant online quotes, actual title and settlement rates and fees, transfer taxes, and recording fees.