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Sharga also noted that while the 5.31 million target number for April is up both month-over-month and year-over-year, a truly healthy housing market would be on a pace for about six million in existing home sales annually. He said the annual rate of existing home sales will probably continue at about the five million range for the next year.

Despite persistent concerns about risk and regulatory compliance, the majority of mortgage professionals agree that business conditions today are better now than they were a year ago.

As policymakers continue to mull over the possible dissolution of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, a new survey shows industry professionals support the continued—albeit reduced—presence of the two mortgage giants in the market.

As federal housing agencies push mortgage firms to lend to more consumers, a recent survey indicates most lenders feel the regulatory risk is still too great for them to lower their standards.

Many housing and mortgage industry professionals believe that the overall outlook for their business in the next six months is "grim," according to the Collingwood Group Mortgage Industry Outlook Report.

Meg Burns, former senior associate director for the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), has signed on to the Washington, D.C.-based Collingwood Group as managing director, the company announced.