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Stock prices rose for publicly-traded homebuilders after Lennar Corp.'s fourth-quarter orders and revenue beat estimates, even as home prices fell in the quarter.

Mortgage applications decreased 1.5% on a seasonally adjusted basis from two weeks earlier amid the annual end-of-year slowdown despite lower rates from global tensions, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

The nomination deadline for the 2020 Top Producers program is coming up soon.

High employment, low interest rates and technology helped two Metro Detroit mortgage giants post record years in 2019.

The Las Vegas housing market continues to ride a wave of stability as the median price for an existing single-family home in Southern Nevada last month was just under $313,000.

Getting Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac out of conservatorship has been an elusive goal. It will remain elusive, says DeMarco, in the absence of broader reform of housing finance, something that will require bipartisan support.

A development partnership is positioned to start building a low-income housing tower in Pawaa later this year following a recent tentative endorsement by the state of Hawaii to finance the $89 million project.

Quicken Loans, which has a history of advertising its Rocket Mortgage digital application with high-profile Super Bowl promotions, is doubling down on its ties to the National Football League event.

Goldman Sachs is sponsoring a $1.33 billion bond offering backed by commercial mortgages, in the first rated conduit deal of the year.

The Department of Housing and Urban Development has proposed an overhaul of an Obama-era rule meant to guide local jurisdictions in how they comply with the Fair Housing Act.