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Chicago-based mortgage lender Guaranteed Rate has laid off about 180 employees around the country — including about 30 in Chicago — after the amount of new mortgage loans the company funded dipped in 2017.

New Jersey lawmakers are tackling legislation that would create an easier path for developers to finance large-scale economic development projects with bonds.

Mortgage industry hiring and new job appointments for the week ending March 9.

The Trump administration's new tariffs on imported steel and aluminum may raise prices on a variety of consumer and commercial products, but will only put minimal strain on the housing industry.

Over 40% of the collateral is from two 2016-vintage transactions that were recently "collapsed" because proceeds from liquidations had slowed. Then there's the exposure to Puerto Rico.

House flipping activity is at an 11-year high, prompting lending for these projects to soar 27%, according to Attom Data Solutions. And with most flippers still using cash, the trend has room to grow.

Bay Area residents already face some of the highest housing prices in the country.

Mortgage rates increased for the ninth consecutive week, moving in reaction to bond and stock market volatility.

Loan program revisions made by one large conventional mortgage investor led to a decrease in total residential home finance credit availability in February.

Home sales in the Las Vegas area slowed in February because of the shrinking supply of properties, according to an industry report.