The Lede

New York Times, Oct. 30, 2015--Swarns, Rachel Outlawed decades ago, redlining has re-emerged as a serious concern among regulators as banks have sharply retreated from providing home loans to African-Americans in the wake of the financial crisis.

Fox News, Oct. 30, 2015--Murad, Andrea The housing crisis was seven years ago and if you had a foreclosure or short sale, enough time may have passed for you to be eligible to buy a home again. However, these boomerang buyers do need to be prepared.

National Mortgage News, Oct. 30, 2015--Finkelstein, Brad Ellie Mae hasn't been pleased with the customer-relationship management vendor it acquired in early 2014. Those disappointing results, along with the desire to offer clients more robust capabilities, prompted the mortgage software provider to acquire another CRM vendor, Mortgage Returns.

HousingWire, Oct. 30, 2015--Swanson, Brena While it may be small, the mortgage market is still showing subtle signs of strength, beating original expectations for the year, a new industry report from FBR & Co. said.

Reuters, Oct. 30, 2015--Mutikani, Lucia U.S. consumer spending in September recorded its smallest gain in eight months as personal income barely rose, suggesting some cooling in domestic demand after recent hefty increases.

Housing Wire, Oct. 30, 2015--Lane, Ben For all the sound and fury surrounding the implementation of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's TILA-RESPA Integrated Disclosures rule earlier this month, early indications are that TRID isn't actually going to have any impact on the lifeblood of the mortgage business--originations.

Triad Business Journal (N.C.), Oct. 30, 2015--Burns, Hilary Bank of America Corp. this week told about 100 Charlotte, N.C. employees they were being laid off, including some in the legacy asset servicing division. 

Quartz, Oct. 31, 2015--Karaian, Jason It will surprise few that the property markets in London and Hong Kong look a bit bubbly. But get this-real estate in New York is "fairly valued," according to a new report.

HousingWire, Nov. 2, 2015--Swanson, Brena A report from Black Knight Financial Services appears to show that the average credit score for refinance applications is loosening. However, with further investigation, the truth is that there is only a decrease in the number of high credit score borrowers since most of them likely already refinanced and taken advantage of the low interest rates.

Phoenix Business Journal, Nov. 1, 2015--O'Grady, Patrick Bank of America Corp. will pay $335 million in a settlement for a lawsuit that it misled investors regarding its mortgage-related activity.

Wall Street Journal, Nov. 1, 2015--Grant, Peter New York's Tishman family has been a major player for more than a century through the ups and downs of real estate. Now one of the family's main branches-the one that ran Tishman Realty & Construction for decades-also is getting a good feel for the ups and downs of real estate technology startups.

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