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Senate Banking Committee leaders are hoping to pass the bill quickly ahead of a looming deadline of Sept. 30 when the program expires.

Canadians may be shouldering near-record household debt but homeowners have been managing it better than those that don't own property.

Federal regulators issued a proposal Tuesday that would increase the threshold at which commercial real estate transactions require an appraisal, a move that could give some lenders sizable relief.

Sentiment among homebuilders deteriorated to an eight-month low in July on concerns about higher material costs, according to data from the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo.

Former EverBank Chairman and CEO Rob Clements now has those same positions at LenderLive Holdings, a Denver-based provider of outsourced mortgage services.

Last month's spike in defaults due to loans maturing drove the greatest month-over-month surge of U.S. commercial mortgage-backed securities delinquencies in six years, according to Fitch Ratings.

From automated applications that borrowers can complete on their own, to data-mapping that speeds up the underwriting process, here's a look at strategies that can help lenders close loans faster.

A decade after the summer of '07, when Orlando real estate began a years-long crash, median home prices have not returned to their high but continued to rise incrementally.

Wage gains have fallen far behind skyrocketing costs for housing, a gap that's emerged despite a robust job market in recent years, according to an unsettling report released Monday.

The Georgia company made more loans and controlled costs. As a result, it had a 1% return on assets and an efficiency ratio below 60%.