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.