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The Federal Home Loan Bank System stepped up advances by 37% or more to Silicon Valley, Signature and First Republic banks ahead of their failures, the GAO says in a post-mortem on last year's banking crisis. The findings add to the debate about whether the system should be a lender of last resort.

Greater availability of data can make it more attractive to buy MBS with loans to underserved borrowers, translating into lower interest rates for those mortgages.

The two major government-related mortgage buyers' clarifications on real estate commissions take a path similar to that of the Federal Housing Administration.

While newly constructed home mortgage applications rose both on a monthly and annual basis, the gains were slower than typical.

Residential starts decreased 14.7% in March to a 1.32 million annualized rate, the lowest since August, government data showed Tuesday.

Sens. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., detailed how New York Community Bancorp grew to exceed the $100 billion threshold that triggers tougher regulatory requirements and set the bank on a path to market turmoil via a series of deals that were approved, in part, by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency.

The mortgage lender is requesting for a former VP of Mortgage Lending to pay back over $500,000.

The Supreme Court ruling on tax foreclosures could improve servicer recoveries but it's also giving some jurisdictions pause as they look at how to interpret it.

The former Realtor says a lack of teamwork between real estate agents and lenders in today's climate could compromise buyers and sellers.

A multiyear agreement will enable Mphasis to use AWS platforms for modeling industry-use cases, especially concerning data extraction and document processing.