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Home sales in Hong Kong plunged over the weekend as increasingly violent protests shut down parts of the city.

With economic expansion expected to keep churning through at least the first half of next year, Fannie Mae upwardly revised its single-family mortgage origination outlook for 2019 and 2020.

The 2015 decision posed new legal challenges for institutions trying to sell loans to third parties, but the federal regulatory agency proposed steps Monday for banks and debt parties to evade state interest rate caps.

Guild Mortgage CEO Mary Ann McGarry is giving up the president's title as the San Diego-based company continues its national expansion plans.

Lenders have bundled more than $18 billion worth of non-QM, private-label loans into bonds this year that they then sold to investors, a 44% increase from 2018 and the most for any year since the securities became common post-crisis.

It's the season when estimated property tax bills for 2020 show up in the mail, and the numbers could be eye-opening for some Minnesota homeowners.

Home sellers in metro Denver appear to be trying to squeeze every last drop out of a historic run-up in prices. But in doing so, they risk getting squeezed themselves.

Homebuilder sentiment in the U.S. eased in November for the first time in five months while holding close to the highest level since February 2018.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued new rules governing mortgage lenders' screening and training of loan originators with temporary authority.

Affordability gains on new homes sparked sales as recent construction focused on the price points where inventory was needed, according to Redfin.