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Metro Denver's housing market is approaching a tipping point when it comes to affordability, according to a mortgage research firm.

It is important for lenders to understand in what locations and property types their application fraud risk rests as the market share of purchase loans rises.

Sacramento County's median price for resale homes rose by nearly 14% in January compared to the same month last year, though the number of sales slumped from December in a typical seasonal pattern.

Mortgage industry hiring and new job appointments for the week ending March 2.

LendingClub, Marlette and others are looking at additional changes to both their securitization and whole-loan-sale programs that could further broaden their investor bases.

The legislation carves out protections for smaller banks to offer abusive loans to borrowers under the "qualified mortgage" standard, as long as they hold those loans in portfolio.

The interim head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said the agency may allow prudential regulators to take the lead on more supervisory matters to cut down on duplication.

The new Federal Reserve Board chairman's testimony in Congress was the driver of this week's mortgage rate increase, according to Freddie Mac.

New York City is home to more of the most dramatically gentrified neighborhoods than any other city in the country, according to a new report.

House prices in the Cleveland area rose notably last year, but nowhere near as much as they did in many other major metropolitan areas.