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After the merger with American Residential Properties, American Homes 4 Rent now owns more than 47,000 single-family rental homes in 22 states, thus enhancing the size of the largest publicly traded SFR company.

Why have borrowers been passing on favorable opportunities to refinance to lower their mortgages to the lower rates available?

Why have property managers in SFR securitizations been steadily increasing rents more for renewals than for new tenants for vacant properties over the past two years?

Since the crisis, the housing industry has been consistently expanding, but when the pace of growth lost a large amount of momentum in the final quarter of last year, on top of economists' predictions of slow growth, many in the industry are questioning if the expansion is beginning to expire.

Ocwen Financial Corp., recently announced that current independent director Phyllis R. Caldwell will replace Barry N. Wish as Chair of the Company’s Board of Directors.

First Guaranty Mortgage Corporation, a Virginia Corporation, providing residential mortgage lending services for over 25 years, has appointed correspondent lending sales veteran, Tom Davis to be its National TPO Sales Director.

The National Legal and Policy Center is asking the Attorney General for the District of Columbia and the HUD Inspector General to investigate the conduct of MBA President and CEO David Stevens.

Economic slowdowns have caused many to believe that the Fed will cut rates instead of raising them in the next few months But one analysis says that is not likely to happen.

For the most part, when being investigated over their pre-crisis residential mortgage-backed securities practices, the nation’s largest banks have come out having to pay billions of dollars in settlements and penalties.

Freddie Mac began its credit risk transfer sharing initiatives in 2013 as a way to transfer a portion of the risk on residential single-family mortgages to private investors and away from taxpayers.