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Loan volumes fell for the third straight week, with depressed demand for government lending driving activity downward, the Mortgage Bankers Association said.

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Cardinal Financial's utilization of the FICO alternative credit metric could help pave the way for broader use as Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac move to adopt it.

The lender had previously revealed that personally identifying information from 16.6M customers had leaked, but hadn't offered these details.

Prices nationally rose 5.5% from a year earlier, according to data from S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller.

Lowe's Cos. said its sales will fall further this year as consumers continue to hold off from sprucing up their homes amid higher mortgage rates and a drop in new construction projects.

The top five lenders have an average mortgage origination volume of more than $7.4 billion.

The volume of active for-sale condo listings in the Sunshine State increased by 40% last month compared to a year earlier, Redfin said.

While mortgage volume should rise this year, the government-sponsored enterprise expects slightly less activity than it did back in January.

Sales of new homes in the U.S. edged higher in January as builders and buyers capitalized on lower mortgage rates at the start of the year.