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American Banker, Oct. 5, 2016--Barba, Robert As chief information officers plot their budgets for 2017, they have a lot to consider.

Mortgage Daily, Oct. 10, 2016--Marks, Alfred; Parlapiano, Christina; Neuner, Jennifer The authors, with Day Pitney LLP, say new law in New York imposes new duties on mortgage servicers or their agents regarding abandoned foreclosed properties. 

HousingWire, Oct. 10, 2016--Ramirez, Kelsey Southeast sees highest rates in the nation.

HousingWire, Oct. 10, 2016--Ramirez, Kelsey Allows more race-based questions beginning 2017.

MarketWatch, Oct. 10, 2016--Riquier, Andrea "This is not sound lending practice," said Pete Mills, who heads residential policy for the Mortgage Bankers Association, on the FHA Property Assessed Clean Energy program, or PACE.

HousingWire, Oct. 7, 2016--Swanson, Brena According to the Mortgage Bankers Association, in the second quarter the FHFA's house price index was almost identical to the level of the index in third quarter 2007.

HousingWire, Oct. 7, 2016--Swanson, Brena Mat Ishbia of United Wholesale Mortgage suggests market could handle an increase of up to $12,000.

National Mortgage News, Oct. 7, 2016--Finkelstein, Brad Mortgage Bankers Association CEO David Stevens noted lower-income borrowers do not itemize on their taxes and can't take advantage of the deduction.

National Mortgage News, Oct. 6, 2016--Collins, Brian Former Federal Housing Finance Agency head Ed DeMarco favors abanondoning GSE common securitization platform to use Ginnie Mae platform instead; MBA President and CEO David Stevens said proposal "broadens the debate as new Congress, Administration comes on board in January.

New York Times, Oct. 4, 2016--Morgenson, Gretchen Federal judge said goverment improperly withheld documents from investors who sued goverment over decision to seize profits of Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac.

MortgageOrb, Oct. 5, 2016--Bergman, Bruce Mortgage servicing in New York has always been a challenge. Now it will be worse--all as a result of a new omnibus foreclosure law effective as of Dec. 20.

Mortgage Daily, Oct. 5, 2016 The transaction, which was facilitated through the auction process, involves 5,364 mortgages that are deeply delinquent and non-performing.

HousingWire, Oct. 5, 2016--Swanson, Brena Freddie Mac Chief Information Officer Robert Lux took the company and transformed it to create a better housing and finance system through technology innovation.

National Real Estate Post, Oct. 5, 2016 In video, former mortgage executive Frank Garay says Property Assessed Clean Energy loans are risky and disruptive to mortgage process.

National Mortgage News, Oct. 4, 2016--Fest, Glen; Bisby, Allison More than $100 billion in securitized commercial mortgages come due soon, many of them still underwater.

Mortgage Daily, Oct. 4, 2016 iEmergent says total 2016 originations expected to be $1.8 trillion.

Politico, Oct. 4, 2016--Woellert, Lorraine Dozens of New York Baptist ministers have joined the fray over Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, saying efforts to privatize the mortgage giants could deliver a financial blow to communities of color in a time of growing wealth inequality.