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Home buyers appear to place the highest priority on affordability, with cities in the Midwest and Northeast taking the majority of top spots on Zillow's list.

The top five banks and thrifts have nearly $96 billion in combined home equity loan portfolios as of September 30, 2023.

Bank investors hope they can party like it's 1995, when the U.S. economy stayed healthy even after aggressive Federal Reserve rate hikes. But a few analysts are a bit more cautious over whether banks' loan books will hold up as well this time.

The top five depositories have a combined wholesale volume of nearly $18 billion at the end of Q3 2023.

Also, Stavvy acquires new executives after latest acquisition, Logan Finance accelerates expansion and CV3, First Community and Kiavi add capital markets experts.

The majority of non-core work, such as accounting, IT and HR functions can be offloaded to a third party as a means for lenders to shave expenses.

Credit unions have announced 11 deals for banks so far in 2023, five short of 2022's total.

National Mortgage News recounts some of the notable mergers and acquisitions completed in the past 12 months.

Citizens' SVP and director of mortgage secondary and capital markets reflects on what her experience with past cycles suggests about where this one may be headed.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau will take a bite out of bank profits in 2024 by issuing final rules on overdraft and credit card late fees, among other major rulemakings.