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Despite tough housing conditions, slower home price growth and increased inventory could mean a more balanced market is ahead, according to Remax.

1st Alliance Lending CEO John DiIorio explains why the mortgage lender turned down a consent order with the Connecticut Department of Banking and the high cost of fighting what he sees as an overreach of regulators' enforcement power.

MGIC Investment Corp. responded to the broad-based roll out of "black box" pricing engines from the other mortgage insurers by bringing its version to market.

The Milken Institute's plan to address the housing finance system proposes a number of measures that could be carried out by regulators, after years of stalled legislative attempts.

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are adding another round of new underwriting requirements and a workaround for employment verification in response to the prolonged government shutdown.

Mortgage rates remained flat after dropping for six consecutive weeks as negative economic news was balanced with a more positive outlook on housing, according to Freddie Mac.

Available homes for sale and the amount of time those homes stayed on the market both fell in December, according to the Greater Albuquerque Association of Realtors.

For 51 straight months dating to autumn 2014, the supply of existing homes in Ada County, Idaho, has fallen in comparison with the same month a year earlier.

More than one-third of millennials said saving for a down payment is the biggest hurdle to buying a house, but few seem to realize they don't need to put 20% down to get a mortgage, a recent survey found.

Sentiment among homebuilders rose for the first time in three months amid a decline in borrowing costs, a sign that housing may stabilize in the year ahead even as the industry remains in a broad slowdown.