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Oahu's 2017 housing market finished strong with gains in both condominium and single-family home sales and median prices, and experts from the real estate industry expect the momentum to continue this year.

The HUD inspector general is conducting a wide-ranging audit into how Buffalo's public housing authority spent tens of millions of dollars over the past two years.

Situs agreed Friday to buy mortgage servicing rights valuation and brokerage firm MountainView Financial Solutions in a deal set to close this month.

Jeanne D'Arc Credit Union has begun thanking home buyers for their business by throwing housewarming parties for them once the process is complete.

Auditing firms cannot be expected to root out evil, or to conduct full forensic investigations.

MountainView is brokering a nonrecourse $3.5 billion package of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac mortgage servicing rights on behalf of an unnamed seller.

Refinance volume fueled recent market gains by nonbank mortgage originators. But lower volume amid the shift to purchase lending has nonbanks trimming headcounts and may position banks to recapture market share.

Home prices are rising much faster than incomes in San Antonio and around the U.S. — but a prominent national economist said he's confident we aren't heading into another housing bubble.

Mortgage industry hiring and new job appointments for the week ending Jan. 5.

Technology-focused mortgage lender loanDepot has created another joint venture with a homebuilder, this time with AV Homes.