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The majority of bigger, rated nondepositories will start the year with leaner operations. Opportunities are narrower for smaller players and vary by channel.

Residential construction companies facing their own construction cost burdens are continuing sales incentives that have cut into some of the largest players' profit margins.

Three of the four largest title insurers were profitable in the third quarter; First American's loss should set it up for future gains, its execs said.

Neela Hummel is CEO of Abacus Wealth Partners, a certified B Corp RIA that manages over $3 billion.

Starting as an unpaid intern in 2009, she has helped grow a firm that helps clients align their investments with their environmental and societal values. She is an award-winning industry speaker, author and purpose-driven business evangelist.

Origination volumes grew across nearly all sectors of commercial real estate on both a quarterly and yearly basis, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

The share of respondents who say they'd rent if they were going to move rose to a record 36% in a new survey by Fannie Mae, the government-backed mortgage finance giant.

Henry Yoshida is founder CEO and co-founder of Rocket Dollar.

He is a successful entrepreneur, CFP practitioner and licensed real estate agent. Previously he founded venture capital-backed robo advisor retirement plan platform Honest Dollar (acquired by Goldman Sachs); was the founder of MY Group (acquired by CAPTRUST), a $2.5 billion assets under management investment firm; and was a vice president at Merrill Lynch.

Chris Lewis is Chairman of the Board of Vast Bank, N.A., in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

The National Association of Homebuilder's chief economist lays out a timeline for the market, and describes how new construction today compares to existing home sales.

The Vienna, Virginia-based credit union will pay tens of millions of dollars in penalties over what the agency said was "junk fees" charged to Navy Federal's customers.