Jerry Held and Stephen Collins, shareholders at the Alabama-based law firm of Sirote & Permutt,P.C.,have been selected for inclusion in the 2010 edition of "The Best Lawyers in America".

Denver-based Integrated Asset Services, LLC (IAS), a default management and residential collateral valuation provider, announced Tuesday the launch of Statebridge ̢ a new company that will focus on investor-centric mortgage servicing.

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Mortgage bankers managed to make a marginal profit on the loans they originated in the second half of 2008, despite a drop in warehousing income and higher operating expenses.

Although the global recession is diminishing, the period of above-average growth, characteristic of normal recoveries, may be short-lived or nonexistent, the chief economist for the International Monetary Fund warned Wednesday.

More homebuyers jumped into the market last week, as interest rates and stimulus incentives made for prime borrowing conditions.

A recent report from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) reveals that commercial and retail underwriting standards tightened for the second consecutive year, following a four-year period of eased underwriting.

Irvine, California's Real Estate Disposition Corp. (REDC) announced last week that it generated $24.9 million in sales in its just-completed national online foreclosure auction.

At an age that most people consider to be the Golden Years, to be spent enjoying retirement and reaping seeds already sown, investment guru Byron Wien, 76, has embarked on a new job with Wall Street's Blackstone Advisory Services.

Single-family housing starts rose for the fifth consecutive month in July.