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The prevention of wire fraud and cybercrime being perpetrated against the mortgage business is the latest passion for Regina Lowrie, longtime industry executive and the first woman to head up the Mortgage Bankers Association.

For people in their 20s and 30s, New Hampshire's home prices are rising as fast as their concerns over affording a place to live.

Negotiations went to the brink of a foreclosure trial for a Bradenton, Fla., mall, before a settlement was reached between the owners and the lender.

Home prices were up 3.9% annually in the San Diego metropolitan area in November, outpacing all other West Coast markets, the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Indices reported.

Home sales were up in all three of the Greensboro-High Point, N.C., metropolitan area's counties of Guilford, Randolph and Rockingham.

After maintaining a $250,000 exemption threshold for real estate appraisals for nearly 20 years, the National Credit Union Administration is set to raise that limit to $400,000.

United Wholesale Mortgage invested in regional Super Bowl advertising for the first time and local competitor Quicken Loans added to its longstanding national marketing ties to the game.

A 10-basis-point year-over-year increase in gross margin on loans sold, along with a nearly 30% increase in origination volume, helped Waterstone Mortgage turn around its fourth-quarter results.

Homeownership is one of the fastest ways for people to build wealth and giving down payment assistance provides creditworthy borrowers an opportunity to buy a house they otherwise wouldn't have, according to the CBC Mortgage Agency.

The mortgage securitization market can expect some changes, particularly in the specified pool and to-be-announced markets, alongside a continuation of trends in other areas.