Origination

One of the hardest financial parts of buying a new home is coming up with the initial down payment on the mortgage loan.

San Jose is slowly chipping away at Mayor Sam Liccardo's goal of building 10,000 affordable homes by 2022.

Home prices in metro New Orleans were up at the start of 2019, according to the latest data from the National Association of Realtors.

Generation X is in its prime earning years, but the financial profiles of those renting are distinctly different from those who own a house, according to LendingTree.

The shift to nonbank lenders will put the breaks on non-qualified mortgage and home equity line of credit origination growth.

Housing finance reform cannot be piecemeal, but must be done using a comprehensive approach, an independent mortgage banker says.

BB&T's acquisition of SunTrust may make the combined company more of a contender in regional metro-area commercial mortgage lending, according to data provider CrediFi.

President Trump's tax reform package had an impact on nearly half of potential buyers searching for a new home, nine percentage points less than one year ago, according to a new Redfin survey.

The market for non-qualified mortgages has been robust thus far in 2019, offering a pragmatic option for otherwise viable borrowers, as long as lenders stay vigilant about pushing the envelope too far.

The price of a new home in Houston rose slightly in April, while the number of pending new-home sales dropped in Houston and other large Texas metros.