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Overall, mortgage application activity increased 9.3% in the week ending Sept. 23 with the Refinance Index, specifically surging 11.2% to ~4240.

Standard & Poor's placed Assured Guaranty Corp. and Assured Guaranty Re on negative CreditWatch for significant concentration risk in its insured portfolio.

Lewtan has partnered with Thetica Systems to offer a pre-integrated bond valuation platform to MBS and ABS investors.

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged RBC Capital Markets for misconduct in the sale of "unsuitable investments" to five Wisconsin school districts.

The current residential shadow inventory as of July 2011 dropped slightly to 1.6 million units, which represents a five-month supply, according to a CoreLogic report released today.

Home prices rose almost 1% in July following a 1.2% increase in June, according to the new Standard & Poor's/Case-Shiller house price index.

The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) as early as this week may release a new discussion paper on restructuring servicing compensation for GSE loans while seeking a new round of public comments on proposed changes.

Freddie Mac relied on a botched loan review process for key data used to justify its landmark settlement with Bank of America Corp., the Federal Housing Finance Agency's (FHFA) inspector general has concluded.

Freddie Mac purchased $28 billion of mortgages from its seller/servicers in August, a 33% spike from the prior month, and a clear sign that originations are picking up in the primary market.

New homes sold at an annualized rate of just 295,000 units in August, the worst reading in six months, according to new government figures released Monday morning.