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Entry-level home buyers outnumbered sellers in the Twin Cities metro in October, boosting prices and stifling sales of houses priced at less than $300,000.

Mortgage lenders are operating in a refinance-dominated market again for the first time in years, but it may offer diminishing returns.

From the municipalities surrounding Silicon Valley to New York's concrete jungle, here's a look at the 14 most expensive ZIP codes to buy a home in 2019, according to PropertyShark.

Changing or eliminating the exemption to the qualified mortgage rule could harm consumers and put smaller lenders at a disadvantage to the big banks.

Existing-home sales outperformed their estimated potential for October on improved consumer buying power since the start of 2019 and lower mortgage rates, First American said.

For the second consecutive week, mortgage application activity unusually moved in the same direction as interest rates, decreasing 2.2% from one week earlier, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

Southern California's recent surge in home sales and prices continued into October, marking the second straight month of year-over-year sales gains in all six counties.

Home sale prices in Greater Hartford got a welcome bump up in October amid slower sales, and the outlook for the rest of the year also indicates slower home purchasing.

The Federal Housing Finance Agency has extended its deadline for investor comments on a proposal aimed at better aligning pooling practices for loans in uniform mortgage-backed securities.

There's been chatter that investors are shying away from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac mortgage-backed securities because Congress may not enact housing finance reform. Be skeptical of those claims.