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The Federal Housing Finance Agency made just incremental changes to two of the seven affordable housing benchmarks.

Both parties appear interested in a deal on housing finance reform, but tough fights are ahead.

The shuttering of tech-savvy mortgage broker Sindeo reflects the challenges of operating during a period of weak volume in a difficult originations channel, not its embrace of digital mortgages.

A proposed ordinance in one California city would require developers planning residential projects costing $100,000 or more to pay an affordable housing impact fee.

As competition drives home prices ever higher in the Bay Area, there is a whiff of good news for first-time homebuyers.

The Pine Tree Plaza in Sterling, Ill., will be auctioned online after a string of tenant departures put the property in foreclosure.

The proposed site in Danvers, Mass., of a Registry of Motor Vehicles office is scheduled to be sold in a foreclosure auction, casting doubt on when, or if, the registry will actually end up there.

Mortgage rates this week reached their lowest level so far in 2017, but are highly likely to increase over the next few days, according to Freddie Mac.

Angel Oak was able to secure triple-A credit ratings for its next offering of nonprime residential mortgage bonds, despite offering considerably less credit enhancement.

Here's a look at the 12 cities where the combination of prices and local wages offer homebuyers the best bang for the buck this house hunting season.