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Stewart Lender Services (SLS) announced the appointment of Jessica Thorne as SVP and strategic relationship manager.

With headlines announcing rapid gains in home prices--some even detailing double-digit gains--Moody's Analytics says "there is little wonder that many fear a new housing bubble is developing despite the hard lessons of the Great Recession." However, Celia Chen, senior director of economic research at Moody's, dispenses these fears in her article, "Popping Housing Bubble Fears," published in the firm's most recent report. Even if prices do decline, Chen says the result would be "less damaging to the broader economy" than the market burst in 2008.

According to data taken from the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) and compiled by Capital Economics, total application volume plummeted 22.5 percent in June.

The Federal Reserve Board announced its approval of a final rule to implement the Basel III regulatory capital reforms and other changes required by the Dodd-Frank Act.

First-time claims for unemployment insurance fell for the fourth time in the last five weeks, dropping 5,000 to 343,000 for week ending June 29, the Labor Department reported Wednesday. The four-week moving average of first-time claims dropped 750 to 345,500. The four-week moving average of continuing claims declined 9,500 to 2,969,250 for the period ending June 22.

Forty-five of the top 50 metropolitan markets will experience yearly price increases during the second half of the year, according to Clear Capital's Home Data Index Market Report.

Nationstar Mortgage announced it is revising losses on loans with principal forbearances acquired in 2012 from Aurora Bank FSB and Aurora Loan Services.

Carrington Mortgage Holdings, LLC announced it has been recognized with a 2013 Innovation Award for Enhancing Learning Services by Skillsoft.

A North Dakota judge sentenced two officers from an Arizona mortgage originator for their roles in a $28 million scheme to defraud North Dakota-based BNC National Bank.

Stearns Lending, Inc., a California-based lender with retail, wholesale, and correspondent business channels, announced the appointment of Mike Liane as regional sales leader for the retail division.