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It's been slim pickings inside the Cape Cod housing market for quite a while, the past year at least.

As the hunt for yield intensifies, investors including Pacific Investment Management Co. see an attractive opportunity in mortgage bonds.

After a record year for home sales in 2019, Chattanooga Realtors are starting 2020 with even stronger residential sales.

Mortgage industry hiring and new job appointments for the week ending Feb. 14.

Freddie Mac saw a decline in net profit in 2019 due to decreased interest rate income, lower amortization revenue and risk-reducing investment costs, but its consecutive-quarter results improved.

Fannie Mae identified the adoption of hedge accounting and regular issuance of multifamily Connecticut Avenue Securities deals as among strategies it could continue to pursue while navigating regulatory uncertainties and change.

First American Financial, a title insurance underwriter and settlement services provider, is acquiring mortgage document firm Docutech for $350 million in cash.

Mortgage rates ticked up slightly, marking the first increase in four weeks, but they remain at levels which encourage borrowers to refinance, according to Freddie Mac.

U.K. real estate agents reported that house prices increased for the first time in more than a year last month.

Thurston County, Wash., home sellers are in total control.