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July's new-home sales were at their highest pace since April, leading to a 3.5% year-over-year increase in mortgage applications to purchase recently constructed homes, the Mortgage Bankers Association said.

Quicken Loans subsidiary One Reverse Mortgage is rolling out a private-label alternative to the Federal Housing Administration's Home Equity Conversion Mortgage that offers higher loan limits and more flexible underwriting terms.

Mortgage applications declined for the fourth consecutive week as interest rates remained at high levels.

The administration’s recent report on fintech innovation discussed ways to adopt electronic promissory notes — or eNotes — and automated appraisals in federal mortgage programs.

Mortgage applications dropped for the third consecutive week around rising interest rates and languid housing starts.

A lack of new and existing homes for sale led to a drop in purchase and overall mortgage application volume although refinances grew.

Rising median home prices and tight housing inventory led purchase and overall mortgage application volume to fall although refinances rose.

Foreclosure filings plummeted in the first half of the year, but 40% of local markets saw foreclosure starts increase, with the last housing bubble no longer to blame for the growth, according to Attom Data Solutions.

Greater consumer access to credit could help mortgage bankers replenish originations eroded by higher rates, but they are reluctant to depart from the status quo to provide it.

The job market gaining steam year-over-year pushed the purchase and overall mortgage application volume upward despite refinance activity dropping to an 18-year low.

The average millennial borrower credit score remained unchanged in May, but values by city painted very different pictures, according to Ellie Mae.

Brian Montgomery is examining why the reverse mortgage program has suffered big losses, but he said he opposes any changes that could make it harder for the elderly to stay in their homes.

Volatility in the financial markets, uncertainty with foreign trade and the housing supply deficit caused mortgage applications to drop for the second straight week.

Mortgage applications fell by nearly 5% last week as concerns over foreign trade and tariffs outweighed other positive economic news, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

An appeals court has rejected claims by a Washington state housing finance agency that the National Homebuyers Fund is limited to operating in California.

Some continue to doubt there will be a premium cut, while others say there's no telling which way Brian Montgomery will go.

Here's a look at the 12 housing markets where mortgage lenders have to compete the most for borrowers' business.

Mortgage application activity increased 5.1%, rising for the second time in the past three weeks, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

Risk management and technology systems at the Federal Housing Administration lag decades behind Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and desperately need to be revamped, according to a top official at HUD.

The bill aimed at helping struggling homeowners also requires documentation of servicer behavior and FHFA evaluation of the services provided to borrowers.