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The drop in home buying power heightened the risk of misrepresentations on purchase mortgage loan applications during November, as consumers are more willing to fudge information in an uncertain market, First American Financial said.

Home sales for the Greater Cincinnati area lost momentum last month, while the average price continued to climb.

Contract signings to purchase previously owned homes increased in November for the third time in four months, consistent with steady progress in the residential real estate market.

November was another disappointing month for home sales in Champaign County, Ill., with figures down 6.9% from the same month last year.

Consumer attorneys are filing more Telephone Consumer Protection Act lawsuits than ever and if a piece of follow-up legislation becomes law, the peril to mortgage lenders will grow.

Home sales in November tumbled by 11.9% compared to last November, and sales over the first 11 months of 2019 are down 2.3% compared to the same period last year.

Tom Lopp abruptly suspended a program that accounted for 83% of Sterling Bancorp's mortgage production this year. An ongoing audit of the program and pressure to diversify beyond mortgages are reasons to watch Lopp and Sterling in 2020.

A risk-based capital rule for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac is expected to top the agenda in 2020 as the companies' regulator executes plans for their release into the private sector.

Bay Area real estate has long been hailed for its sizzling hot prices, tear-downs and bidding wars, but a new report shows that what goes up does tend to come down eventually.

The percentage of homes started last year and built within an association rose 2 percentage points to 63%, according to the National Association of Home Builders.