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The National Association of Federal Credit Unions expressed opposition to the CFPB's proposed rule on mortgage application and settlement disclosures.

In Maryland, Walker & Dunlop, Inc., is preparing to welcome two new board members. Announcing the addition of Andrew Florance and Michael Malone to the firm's directorship, Walker & Dunlop filled two of three vacancies on the board.

Fannie Mae reported a $1.8 billion net income for Q3 this year, an improvement over the $5.1 billion loss last year.

Now that Obama has won a second term, his administration is charged with leading phase two of the housing recovery.

Mortgage loan delinquencies increased 7.72 percent from August to September--the largest monthly increase since 2008, according to a report from Lender Processing Services (LPS). The upturn was substantial, even for a month historically marked by seasonal rises in delinquency, LPS said. However, company analysts say it is important to look at the longer-term trend, which shows a significant decrease in the delinquency rate since its January 2010 peak.

It's been a tumultuous couple of weeks for Americans, but mortgage rates have been rock-steady.

First-time claims for unemployment insurance fell 8,000 to 363,000 for the week ended November 3, the Labor Department reported Thursday. Economists expected 370,000 initial claims filing. It was the third straight weekly decline and the fifth drop in the last seven weeks.

Retreat Capital Management, an Irvine, California-based provider of advisory services and component servicing for the mortgage servicing industry, announced it has increased its employee based by 241 percent so far in 2012.

Sabal Financial Group, L.P. hired Jason Hull as the director of business development to help the company continue seeing growth. Hull will be tasked with developing areas of Sabal's business, such as commercial real estate investments and all types of third party services.

In sunny Naples, Florida, the winter retreat belonging to high-profile Boston, Massachusetts, resident Jack Connors has hit the market for $22.9 million. Connors, who the Boston Globe calls a legendary Boston power broker, is believed to have purchased the home for an estimated $16 million in 2006, according to Curbed.