Colin Wilhelm

The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of California has indicted Robert Farrace of Modesto, Calif., on charges of wire fraud in connection to a short-sale scheme.

Varde Partners has closed a $500 million fund that will invest in real estate securities, the firm announced this week.

The Consumer Services division of Washington state's Department of Financial Institutions has accused Quicken Loans with sending false claims in direct mail advertising to military members.

A flood of ex-homeowners may be ready to re-enter the mortgage market over the next five years, according to a TransUnion report.

Optimism abounds in Fannie Mae's survey of mortgage lenders for the second quarter of 2015.

Wells Fargo has hired a new head of commercial real estate lending for its Orange County, Calif., office.

A new analysis from CoreLogic found that 254,000 homes regained equity in the first quarter, meaning there are now 44.9 million mortgaged properties (representing 90% of the total) that are above water as of March 31.

Freddie Mac's weekly survey of the primary mortgage market found average interest rates for conforming loan products to be fairly stable.

Ratings agency Fitch took a cautious approach to the residential mortgage-backed securities market in its latest report on the sector.

The number of delinquent loans backing commercial mortgage-backed securities dropped significantly in May, according to a report by Trepp.

While demand for mortgages continues to slide up and down, profits for independent mortgage bankers are up.

Weekly demand for mortgage loans continues its trend of being consistently inconsistent.

A case study of two ZIP codes confirms what people have thought for years: younger professionals have helped revitalize once-neglected, inner-city neighborhoods.

National home prices, including those of distressed properties, increased 6.8% this past April from where they stood a year before.

Citadel Servicing Corp., a California-based nonbank wholesale mortgage lender and servicer, has rolled out a subprime second trust deed loan program.

The Mortgage Partnership Finance Program, a part of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago, will now offer a higher maximum loan on its MPF Direct product.

A Florida court on Friday sided with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the state over claims that a law firm charged illegal fees to consumers seeking foreclosure relief.

Take this with a large dose of salt, but an online survey by credit agency Experian shows the benefits of, you guessed it, credit reports.

Freddie Mac's monthly Multi-Indicator Market Index showed almost 80% of the top 100 housing markets in the country continued to improve in March from February.

Existing home sales in May will increase by 5.8% from the same month last year, the real estate marketplace Auction.com predicts. The company also expects existing home sales to rise 2.9% from April.