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Home equity lines could double over the next six years. Some banks are actively pursuing the consumer credit opportunity, whereas many still feel stung by the housing crisis, unimpressed by home equity’s comeback so far or fearful of nonbank competition and fraud.

U.S. home prices hit another new peak in August after just reaching a new high the previous month, according to Black Knight.

As Bay Area sales dwindled, in a reflection of the region's shrinking home supply, buyers continued to bid up the region's notoriously high prices.

Officials at the Department of Housing and Urban Development have started to develop a plan to provide housing to some of Puerto Rico's displaced population.

A flurry of new townhouses and suburban starter homes is helping boost homebuilding in the Twin Cities metro.

Commercial and multifamily originations are projected to surpass the 2007 market peak this year, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

One of the biggest challenges surrounding the ballot initiatives is voter turnout, which is often just 10 percent of registered voters in elections the year after a presidential contest.

Fannie Mae is testing a conforming loan product that makes use of a New Hampshire law that lets manufactured housing in resident-owned communities get treated like units in a co-operative building.

The Canyon 2 wildfire has been contained for more than a week, but aftereffects from the 9,200-acre conflagration still are rippling throughout Orange County, Calif.

Third-quarter net income at mortgage technology provider Ellie Mae was higher year-over-year but came in below the previous quarter's number as the company worked to produce gains despite falling originations.