A slowing mortgage originations market did not prevent top servicers from building up their portfolios, even though bulk acquisitions appeared to slow down in the closing months of 2006. A new Inside Mortgage Finance ranking and analysis reveals... [Includes one chart and one graph]
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A key lawmaker in the Senate appears to be putting more emphasis on getting federal regulators to take the controversial step of expanding the scope of their recent guidance on nontraditional mortgages than on pursuing new federal anti-predatory lending legislation...
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Mortgage Guaranty Insurance Corp. and the Radian Group this week announced a plan to merge into a new market leader with a deeper competitive bite and nearly 40 percent market share. Analysts welcomed the MGIC-Radian announcement as a “positive” for both...
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New Democratic Party majorities in the House and Senate may provide a better opportunity for the Bush administration to get its FHA modernization plans enacted into law. A key issue could become how pent-up demand for a bigger housing budget affects the legislation...
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Mortgage lenders are urging state officials in California and North Carolina to stick to nontraditional mortgage guidance that has been agreed to by federal and state regulators rather than expand their versions of the guidance to more loan products.North Carolina is...
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Fannie Mae CEO Dan Mudd earned a hefty $14.43 million in salary, bonuses and stock compensation for his performance in 2006, up 25 percent from the previous year, even though his company remained in a regulatory straightjacket and failed to regain much market share...
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