Mortgage rates

Lenders that split their sales of loans and servicing between two different investors may be facing yet another challenge due to the coronavirus outbreak.

North Texas home sales and prices continued to rise in March from a year earlier, but last month's home sales snapshot mostly reflects contracts signed in January and February, before the pandemic hit.

Homebuilders in the Twin Cities kept the construction spigot open during March amid growing concerns about the COVID-19 pandemic.

Mortgage rates remained flat from last week, but are expected to fall further as they continue to lag changes in 10-year Treasury yields, according to Freddie Mac.

Bay Area real estate agents in February eagerly welcomed big crowds packing open houses — and the renewed bidding wars and growing sale prices.

Consumer confidence for home buying fell to its lowest point since December 2016, according to Fannie Mae.

Prices on average are expected to grow at nearly half the rate they were expected to rise before the pandemic hit, according to Veros Real Estate Solutions.

As the mortgage and real estate industries traverse the challenges of the increasingly digital coronavirus landscape, title agents and their integral part of the process can get overlooked.

Nonbank mortgage employment estimates show payrolls in February leveled off after an unusually strong winter, but anecdotal reports of selective hiring persisted through March amid a broader coronavirus-related drop in U.S. jobs.

Community banks and credit unions could carve out an opportunity by refinancing mortgages from larger institutions.