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The most borrowers in three years currently qualify for refinancing as the average for the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage dropped below 4% for the first time in over a year, according to Black Knight.

The head of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac’s regulator blamed “burdensome” local regulations for a lack of housing supply, and also provided an update on the administration’s plan for GSE reform.

In the worst-case scenario, $1.8 trillion in reconstruction costs could result from coastal storms in 2019, even as hurricane experts predict a near-normal year for this season, according to CoreLogic.

In the San Francisco and San Jose metro areas, more than a fifth of young adults between the ages of 23 and 37 lived with their parents in 2017, according to a Zillow analysis of U.S. Census data.

Although Libor will will not be phased out until at least 2021, Randal Quarles said making the switch early is "consistent with prudent risk management."

Mortgage company merger and acquisition activity should continue to increase in 2019 as loan production costs rise and originations stay flat.

The spring home buying market got off to a disappointing start in April, as sales sputtered and the state marked the ninth consecutive month of year-over-year sale declines.

The anti-bribery law that Stephen Calk is accused of breaking carries stiff penalties — up to 30 years in prison — but violations can be relatively hard to prove because prosecutors must establish the defendant had a corrupt state of mind.

The nonconforming market is ready to absorb most of the government-sponsored enterprise loans covered by the QM patch, but not all of them, according Redwood Trust.

With Sen. Elizabeth Warren's cancellation plan to alleviate student debt, millennials would save up for mortgage down payments three years sooner, according to Redfin.