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Although the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is loosening certain mortgage rules, others such as restrictions on loan officer compensation and state-level regulation will likely persist, according to industry attorneys.

Pittsburgh area home sales are up significantly from last month and inventory continues its steady decline.

Institutional investors bought more single-family rental homes in 2017 than in previous years, the first increase since 2013.

Even the first step into the real estate market for many buyers — condominiums — is getting harder to reach in the Bay Area.

Mortgage industry hiring and new job appointments for the week ending May 18.

The post-recession boom in auto loans and credit cards for borrowers with marred credit histories has been winding down in recent months.

Mick Mulvaney’s recent comments about the CFPB Qualified Mortgage rule have triggered a debate over whether regulators should take into account more than one underwriting model.

Fannie Mae reduced its mortgage origination volume forecast for 2018 and 2019 as rising interest rates are affecting refinancings now, and will curtail purchase activity going forward.

Commercial and multifamily loan originations may not be up by much from a year ago, but borrowing and lending behaviors were drastically different in the first quarter.

Central Texas home sales and median home prices both climbed last month to the highest level of any April on record.