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As the single-family rental (SFR) market has boomed in popularity in the last few years, the number of homes being built specifically for renting is also trending upward.

IDS and LendingQB announced that they have successfully implemented the MISMO 3.3 data standard for document compliance, and are among the first mortgage vendors to do so.

Several housing experts make predictions for the industry in a new white paper from the Five Star Institute, "U.S. Residential Mortgage Default Performance Update & Market Analysis."

Amy Crews Cutts, Chief Economist with Equifax, recently spoke with MReport about the impact on the industry of the recent spike in first mortgages.

The low mortgage rate environment has created an incentive for homeowners to refinance. But fewer and fewer of them are doing it through the government’s Home Affordable Refinance Program (HARP).

It has been a summer of little movement for average fixed mortgage rates, which have been hovering right above all-time lows for several weeks.

The yo-yo that was the U.S. housing market in Q2 will likely remain an uneven piece of the economy for the rest of the year, according to Fannie Mae.

While lenders have long touted the value have having the originator of a mortgage loan attend the closing, a recent analysis uncovered added benefits.

The need for servicing compensation reform was a major topic of discussion among several housing experts during an hour and a half-long panel on Emerging Issues in Mortgage Servicing Wednesday at the Urban Institute.

Industry experts have determined that if the housing market follows its current trajectory, the median home price in the U.S. will be equal to that of prices before the housing crisis by 2017.