...list with 5,692 registered entities, beating Texas' 1,444 registered mortgage originators. New York ranked third, following Texas with 1,159. Vermont came in last among states with registered loan originators, yielding...

...Richardson, Texas, and the 46-year-old independently-owned company boasts almost $2 billion in its servicing portfolio. In addition to its three Texas offices, Guardian also has offices in Grand Blanc, Michigan....

...dominance in closing fees for the second straight year. [IMAGE] Other high-cost areas rounding out the top five? Texas, Utah, San Francisco, and Idaho. New York leads the U.S. with...

...""widespread weakness"" in the housing and home construction markets last month. Texas and the Bay Area outpaced other markets as well, buoying June net orders so that new home construction...

...Department's report, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Dallas, Texas; and Houston, Texas were the best performing major metros when looking at year-over-uear increases in employment. Dienhart and Lee found that [COLUMN_BREAK] these three...

...and retail originator for mortgages that it manages and confirms through the ""Federal Housing Administration"":http://portal.hud.gov/hudportal/HUD?src=/program_offices/housing/fhahistory (FHA) and ""Veterans Affairs"":http://www.va.gov/ (VA). Headquartered in Arizona and Texas, the company operates in 44...

...Florida, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Maryland, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Jersey, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oregon, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Virginia and Washington in restricting...

Texas Representative, ""Jeb Hensarling"":http://hensarling.house.gov/, reconfirmed his commitment to eliminating Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac within 5 years today saying, ""We have waited for years to do something. It is time...