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Being a homeowner may not be the most cost efficient move in some areas.

The Lancaster County, Neb., assessor has reassessed home values a year early to keep up with the rapidly rising home prices.

The Pittsburgh region ranks in the top five among 133 U.S. markets with at least 200,000 people when it comes to the profitability of home flipping, according to Attom Data Solutions.

Radian and Essent will make their "black box" mortgage insurance pricing methods live on Jan. 21, leaving MGIC as the only company yet to announce its adoption.

Citigroup's residential mortgage originations declined 23% and its home-loan revenue dropped by 35% year-over-year in the fourth quarter of 2018, as the company continued to distance itself from home loans.

The impasse has halted grant and loan applications and frozen many farm subsidies just weeks ahead of planting season.

High home prices and expected interest rate hikes should lead to continued growth in multifamily mortgage origination volume in 2019, according to Freddie Mac.

Loans in commercial mortgage-backed securities originated after 2009 by nonbank lenders have a significantly higher default rate than those originated by banks, a Fitch Ratings report said.

The median price for a home in Clatsop County, Ore., has surpassed $300,000, breaking a record set before the Great Recession and illustrating an ever-growing gap between the market value of real estate and what many locals can afford.

After six years of tilting toward sellers, the metro Atlanta housing market may be starting to even out.