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Acting CFPB Director Mick Mulvaney has dropped agency plans to crack down on overdraft programs and large marketplace lenders. Here's what else he's changing.

The Buffalo Niagara, N.Y., housing market stayed smoking hot in April as the spring home-buying season began.

As mortgage rates continued rising, the percentage of closed home purchase loans grew to its highest level in about four years, according to Ellie Mae.

Late payments on single-family home mortgages improved on a consecutive quarter basis as more recovery from Hurricanes Harvey and Irma took hold, but more potential loan performance concerns lie ahead.

Mortgage applications decreased by 2.7% and fell for the sixth straight week as key interest rates fell slightly, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

New-home construction declined in April as fewer starts of apartment projects outweighed a modest improvement in single-family structures, government figures showed Wednesday.

Dallas-Fort Worth home prices rose by only 6% in the first quarter.

Unlike the sponsor's previous four deals, which were backed at least in part by jumbo loans, all of the collateral for FSMT 2018-3INV is eligible to be purchased by either Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac.

Acting CFPB Director Mick Mulvaney suggested that digital mortgages should be held to different standards than ones originated by credit unions and banks.

From location and age to gender and price point, here's a look at how demographic differences influence homebuyer confidence about saving for a down payment.