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Mortgage growth has shrunk to a 17-year low in Canada, increasing pressure on the country's big banks to find business elsewhere.

A significant percentage of consumers are willing to turn to technology companies for their financial needs, including applying for a mortgage, although they have trust issues with them, a Fannie Mae report said.

Inventory deficiency and affordability issues kept sales down and hampered home price growth, according to CoreLogic.

As Huntington Beach prepares for a lengthy battle with the state of California over its affordable housing goals, the city of Pismo Beach is preparing for a battle of its own as it tries to attract more low-income housing to the traditionally wealthy area.

Nearly a quarter of Denver-area residents looking for a home on Redfin.com are conducting their searches outside the metro area, and Seattle continues to provoke the most yearning.

Absent some policy change, nearly a third of the loans backed by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac could be in violation of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's Qualified Mortgage rule in two years.

The number of homeowners participating in an expanding down payment assistance program offered by Wells Fargo and NeighborWorks could top 20,000 this year.

Popular TV shows about house fixers and flippers have sparked consumer interest in remodeling, creating an opportunity for lenders to build a specialty in renovation loans while traditional mortgage lending is weak.

Better credit quality and the influx of refinancing during the low interest rates of the last few years pushed mortgage performance to the highest levels since the turn of the century, according to Black Knight.

The New York Department of Financial Services disapproved the merger between Fidelity National Financial and Stewart Information Services, regulatory filings from both title insurance underwriters said.