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Demand for commercial loans has been weak for much of the past year and among the big questions bank executives will face this earnings season is when they can expect the pace to finally pick up.

Both home sales and prices in North Texas were higher in September than a year ago. But the rate of increase is slowing, which analysts say is good for the market.

Where do millennials go when they want the advantages of a big-city economy, job market and lifestyle but they can't afford the higher cost-of-living? Some are choosing Owensboro, Ky.

Mortgage delinquencies in cities where the economy is dependent upon the oil industry are on the upswing, even as nationwide default rates remain near 10-year lows, CoreLogic said.

Slightly looser underwriting outside the government sector is primarily responsible for the latest increase in credit availability.

The sale of the struggling Financial Freedom unit to an undisclosed buyer would continue CIT's strategy of shedding noncore business lines.

Although property tax loans raise concerns for the mortgage industry, there is a way for property tax lenders and mortgage companies to co-exist.

Four neighborhoods hit hardest by Hurricane Harvey have limited resources and are in most need of federal, state and local assistance for property repair and rehabilitation costs.

A change in the formula that banks use to calculate borrowers’ debt-to-income ratios, announced by Fannie Mae in April, appears to be spurring more lending.

A Hazleton, Pa., real estate agent who admitted bilking home buyers out of hundreds of thousands of dollars through bogus property sales was sentenced to serve more than four years in federal prison.