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New York's Real estate agents, home inspectors and residential appraisers are now considered "essential employees," according to the Empire State Development agency.

Real estate listings are drying up, open houses have been canceled, and buyers are staying home. One more pillar of the Canadian economy is under threat from the coronavirus pandemic.

For the Top Producers, many say a key to success involves taking that initial conversation with a potential borrower beyond the rate question.

The worsening economy brought on by the coronavirus pandemic has big banks rethinking who they will lend to.

The 2020 countdown of the National Mortgage News Top Producers list continues by featuring the loan officers ranked 26 to 100.

Bank employment of mortgage loan officers rose slightly last year, but that was before the coronavirus spread and resulted in social distancing measures that raised questions about broader employment prospects.

Finance of America Reverse agreed to pay $2.5 million to settle allegations that a company it acquired violated the False Claims Act for loans submitted for Federal Housing Administration insurance in 2010.

Mortgage rates dropped for the second consecutive week, falling 17 basis points, but that is not attracting homebuyers back into an uncertain market, according to Freddie Mac.

Home construction in Round Rock is slowing but hasn't stopped in the wake of COVID-19, local industry leaders said this week.

San Diego County's home market started 2020 with prices rising more than any other West Coast market and much of the nation.