First time home buyers

With the economy and job market both healthy before the COVID-19 crisis, first-time homebuyers took advantage of low mortgage rates and hit their highest volume in two decades.

The real estate market appears to be recovering in Monroe County, Pa., as home values are up and days on market are down.

Sales of previously owned homes remained robust in January as low borrowing costs and higher wages continue to make purchasing more attainable.

It is the start of a new decade, and here are six trends that will play a critical role in reshaping the mortgage industry.

The metro Atlanta housing market has continued to heat up, with sales jumping and pricing rising modestly since the start of the year.

While boosting origination volume for lenders and providing financial benefits for borrowers, the refinance boom could have adverse effects down the road, according to TransUnion.

Officials in Lakeland, Fla., are hoping they've found a strategy to lure private developers to build affordable single-family homes and apartments in the city.

A city agency that in recent years lost its luster as a place where low-income New Orleanians could go for low-interest mortgages is set to re-emerge as a key player in plans to develop more affordable housing in the city.

A larger percentage of newly originated mortgages to millennials shifted toward purchase loans as interest rates stayed low, according to Ellie Mae.

While down from the year before, December's housing value appreciation kept churning and should climb in 2020 to a new all-time high, according to CoreLogic.