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There are two occurrences happening simultaneously in the market: some of the hottest housing markets may be slowing down, while those that have been slow to rebound are finally heating up.

If the GSE reform should happen, the industry should aim to meet the needs of future generations of homeowners, not the want of political interests. In order to do this, however, Ginnie Mae will need to come forward as its own government corporation.

Of all the major purchases in life, a home purchase in probably the biggest investment a consumer will make. So, it's surprising to find that homebuyers spend more time researching a car than their home loan.

Nationstar was the only one of the three largest non-bank servicers rated by Moody's to turn a profit in 2015, but the Dallas-based servicer couldn't keep it up in the first quarter of 2016. What caused the net loss for Nationstar, and which segments of the company performed well in Q1?

In the time period following the housing market collapse, private mortgage insurance was not easy to obtain. This left the door open for the FHA to step in to accommodate low-down payment borrowers and pick up more market share. But the tables have since turned.

To date, Fannie Mae's CAS program has resulted in the transfer of credit risk on single-family loans totaling more than a half trillion dollars. What enhancements did Fannie Mae make to the program?

Federal financial regulators on Tuesday proposed a rule that require the largest banks to be ready in case of another financial crisis. What are the agencies proposing that banks do to be ready?

The recent reduction in private mortgage insurance fees has made getting a mortgage loan a lot easier and may begin to pull high quality borrowers from the Federal Housing Administration.

Walter Investment Managaement Corp., on Tuesday continued a trend observed among many non-bank servicers in the last year and the start of this year with a major loss to its first quarter earnings, particularly in its mortgage servicing and origination segments.

Home prices continued to keep their rising pace in March 2016 and are up 40 percent from the bottom hit five years ago, CoreLogic reported in its Home Price Index and HPI Forecast.