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Hopes that tax reform might soften a weakening of the mortgage interest deduction were quickly dashed as the GOP plan landed a double punch on the incentive cherished by the mortgage and housing industries.

The industry has the opportunity to expedite gains in interoperability and realize significant cost savings and productivity gains for both the clinical and administrative sides of the industry, writes Chris Seib, chief technology officer and cofounder of InstaMed.

On Jun. 30, 2017. Dollars in thousands.

The CFPB's practice of "regulation by enforcement" forces mortgage companies to develop compliance standards based on the mistakes of their peers, rather than clear guidance from the enforcement agency, said David Motley, the new chairman of the Mortgage Bankers Association.

Some housing groups are warming to an idea that they say could help more Americans benefit from housing-related subsidies than the mortgage interest deduction.

With online retailers beginning to challenge the dominance of brick-and-mortar grocery stores, CRE loans to strip mails anchored by them look riskier.

The $36.3 billion-asset bank reported double-digit growth in C&I loans, commercial real estate loans and specialty loans to the private-equity, entertainment and energy industries in the third quarter.

The New York bank's total loans rose 8% to $31 billion from a mix of commercial real estate and specialty finance credits.

Electronic payments offer hospitals and practices a quicker, more efficient, trackable and safer way to collect, writes Jeffrey Brown, president of VPay.

MUFG Union Bank is counting on Wendy Breuder — a proven revenue generator — to use her considerable analytical skills to find meaningful cost savings through the consolidation and relocation of office space.

First Green Bank in Florida started researching the business after its chairman saw how medical marijuana had helped his wife cope with a severe injury. The bank is now turning a profit a year after adding its first pot-related client -- and there could be lessons there for credit unions.

The Florida bank started researching the business after Ken LaRoe, its chairman, saw how medical marijuana had helped his wife cope with a severe injury. First Green is now turning a profit on this business a year after adding its first pot-related client.

The online bank will consolidate all of its Charlotte-area employees into a new office tower, but its headquarters will remain in Detroit.

Banks could be busy supplying credit to manufacturers, hotels, multifamily developers and other businesses that will be helping residents get their lives back on track after two fierce storms.

As expected, President Trump has nominated Brian Montgomery to serve as the commissioner of the Federal Housing Administration.

The Terrorism Risk Insurance Act was created after 9/11 to serve as a crucial federal backstop for commercial real estate insurers, but an analysis of alternatives to fund the program reveals the continued challenges of measuring and predicting terror risk.

Phishing crooks are like security analysts with more weapons, creating a danger for payment and other companies, writes William MacArthur, threat researcher for RiskIQ.

Quaint Oak in Pennsylvania is making a big push in real estate brokerage, a business that many state-chartered banks might think is illegal for them to pursue.

One of the credit unions -- the $93 million Southwest Oklahoma FCU -- is returning to Fiserv after a 10-year hiatus.

Manuel Mehos, CEO of Green Bancorp in Houston, looks back at his company’s decision to exit energy lending last year. “The oil business is not what it used to be,” he says.