Private mortgage insurance companies lost nearly $6 billion of business on the purchase-mortgage side in the fourth quarter, but gained back almost all of it on the refinance side. (Includes two data tables.)
The creation of a U.S. sovereign wealth fund could grease the skids for an end to the conservatorships of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
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