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Trade associations representing mortgage lenders and securities market participants are asking the Federal Housing Finance Agency to rethink a plan to restrict pooling options for loans sold into uniform mortgage-backed securities.

Radian Group sold Clayton Services, a due diligence company it acquired in the 2014 purchase of Clayton Holdings, to Covius Holdings.

Central Ohio home prices jumped 7.6% in 2019, climbing above $200,000 for the first time for the full year.

If you're in the market for a home in Walla Walla, Wash., options may feel a little slim lately.

Sales of previously owned homes jumped in December to the best pace in nearly two years as historically low interest rates continued to lure buyers despite record-low inventory.

Mortgage application activity slowed down this past week from its fast start to 2020, with a decrease of 1.2% from one week earlier, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

With interest rates expected to stay low while wages and the overall economy grow in conjunction, Fannie Mae again boosted its single-family mortgage origination outlook for 2019, 2020 and 2021.

The median price paid for an existing, single-family home in the Bay Area fell in 2019 for the first full year since 2011, according to the California Association of Realtors.

The agency is sending a strong message that it won't rush to end an exemption for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac while also signaling longer-term changes that will affect all lenders.

Citibank is on the hook for just under $18 million in flood insurance violations, according to the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency.