Colin Wilhelm

Fannie Mae has a pessimistic outlook on U.S. economic growth following underwhelming first-quarter numbers in 2015, though mortgage market optimism remains thanks to low interest rates.

Home purchase loans have once again taken the majority share of originations, although volume shrunk by 11% from the same time last year.

Foreclosure starts increased slightly while non-foreclosure resolutions for homeowners remained level from the same time last year, according to industry advocacy group Hope Now.

Real estate investment trusts have near-universal anxiety over the Federal Reserve raising interest rates, a study by BDO USA, a financial advisory and consulting firm, found.

Weak economic growth in the first quarter did not temper Freddie Mac's projections for the mortgage market for the full year.

AllRegs has published the next edition of the Federal Housing Administration's Single Family Housing Policy Handbook that includes updated regulations and requirements that take effect in September.

The total number of new home equity lines of credit increased 36% in the first quarter according to Equifax.

Mortgage applications decreased for the week ending May 15, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association's Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey.

JPMorgan Chase has purchased $45 billion in servicing rights from embattled mortgage firm Ocwen Financial.

The financial-technology explosion, or bubble, depending on one's viewpoint, continues.

The New York Department of Financial Services has announced new title insurance rates for consumers who refinance their mortgage.

Conforming loan rates hit their highest levels in two months during the first week of May, according to the Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey.

Quarterly delinquency rates hit their second lowest rate since 2007-2008's real estate meltdown, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

For all the talk about an economic and housing recovery, homeownership remains out of reach for a third of Americans, a new report from Zillow found.

Mortgage interest rates rose during the week thanks to increases in home values and sales as well as slower-than-expected economic growth, Freddie Mac said.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and New York Superintendent of Financial Services Benjamin Lawsky today proposed new regulations for the title insurance industry, including restrictions on meal and entertainment expenses.

Waterstone Financial saw higher quarterly profits thanks to a 352% increase in its mortgage banking segment.

The NASDAQ stock market has delisted mortgage servicer Home Loan Servicing Solutions.

Home prices have risen 4.6% over the last year, according to new data from Black Knight Financial Services, and experienced the largest monthly climb in prices since June 2014.

Mortgage delinquencies hit their lowest point in nine years during the month of March, according to Black Knight Financial Services.