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Purchase and refinance numbers both came in higher, while average loan sizes also recorded an uptick.

Borrowers expect the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates next year to contain soaring prices and are locking in favorable terms now, bankers say.

Mortgage lenders and real estate professionals share their perspectives on the cities predicted to draw the most interest from home buyers in the next year, according to the Urban Land Institute.

The number of homes sold in Maine last month fell compared with the previous October, but prices continued to rise due to an ongoing tightening of inventory.

The deal also provides a sequential principal distribution to all of the certificates at all times, unlike recent non-prime securitizations.

Due in part to pandemic-related forbearance, GSE portfolio loans with year-plus delinquencies hit the highest point seen since the Federal Housing Finance Agency started tracking them in 2015.

The company appointed regulation and compliance expert Sonny Abbasi to serve as general counsel following a fund-raise of $52.5 million earlier in the quarter.

But in November, home buyer demand reached its highest level since RedFin began compiling the data in 2017.

Guaranteed Rate and Planet Home name technology officers, while several companies ramp up efforts in reverse mortgage lending.

The Housing Policy Council added its voice to previous requests for federal officials to provide a longer-term comment period on a draft categorization system for government mortgages.