Tanaya Macheel

Interest rates on fixed-rate mortgages lowered for the first time in four weeks, Freddie Mac reported.

It took an average of 46 days to close a residential mortgage loan in February, the shortest closing time since May, according to Ellie Mae.

Total commercial and multifamily mortgage debt outstanding increased in the fourth quarter of 2015, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

First mortgage originations climbed in February as home equity loans declined, according to Equifax.

The national foreclosure inventory decreased 21.7% to about 456,000 in January, according to CoreLogic.

Citigroup executives involved in the issuance of residential mortgage-backed securities at the center of the 2008 financial crisis will not be facing criminal charges for selling toxic bonds, U.S. authorities have determined.

The delinquency rate on commercial mortgage-backed securities continued to fall significantly for the month of February, according to Trepp.

Home prices rose 5.5% in December 2015 compared to the previous year, according to Black Knight Financial Services.

Interest rates on fixed-rate mortgages fell this week, according to Freddie Mac, after a small rally in the previous two weeks.

The Treasury Department will invest an additional $2 billion from the Troubled Asset Relief Program into a federal fund that seeks to protect homeowners from foreclosure.