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At the height of the Canadian boom, banks handed out 40% more home loans than pre-pandemic. Half were variable-interest rate mortgages subject to certain risks.

A series of changes to the Telephone Consumer Protection Act go into effect on March 26 that closes the so-called "lead generation loophole" for telemarketing calls and texts.

Eric Lapin is president of FormFree, a financial services company. Prior to FormFree, Lapin held leadership positions at Old Republic Title, Altisource, Black Knight, First American and Credit Suisse. For more information on FormFree, visit https://www.formfree.com/ or follow FormFree on LinkedIn.

While the rise of artificial intelligence in home lending brings about "fascination" over its capabilities for some, others claim it's a technology people might use "to mask their incompetence."

Beth Zorc is the CEO of the Institute of International Bankers, which represents the U.S. operations of internationally headquartered financial institutions.

But home prices declined from December, both the Federal Housing Finance Agency and S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller found, a possible precursor to a cooling market.

As part of the settlement, Loandepot will beef up its appraisal policies and practices, it announced.

D.A. Davidson Director of Wealth Management Research James Ragan will review and analyze the March Federal Open Market Committee meeting.

The defunct company has agreed to pay deferred compensation and transfer back a building to the father and son duo who sued in August.

What recent patterns in FHA delinquencies, distressed loan outcomes, foreclosures and the rates at which loans are prepaying or underwater can reveal about where the market is headed.