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The average purchase loan amount rose as a brief increase in demand for government-sponsored loan programs cooled.

The former head of the agency said a decision last year to suspend caps on investor loans has further induced demand in an already hot market. Other experts say a supply-demand imbalance is the true driving force.

The Federal Housing Finance Agency's new office will assess technology solutions for an industry viewed by many as too slow to embrace digital efficiencies.

No U.S. region reported growth in issuances, with the number falling off the most in the Midwest.

The Consumer Bankers Association and the Center for Responsible Lending said the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau should renew its efforts to level the regulatory playing field between larger bank and nonbank companies that make installment and other kinds of personal loans.

The Department of Housing and Urban Development is investigating allegations that the real estate appraisal standards written by the Washington nonprofit perpetuate discrimination.

Both the 30- and 15-year averages are now more than 3 percentage points higher from their levels of one year ago.

Applications for these federal-backed loans headed upward after the Labor Day holiday but were offset by slowing conventional activity, sending overall volumes down for a fifth consecutive week, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

Join three officials from the Federal Housing Finance Agency's recently establish Office of Technology to hear about their goals and initiatives for the department and how their work may impact every day lending activities.

The servicer is evaluating alternatives in light of the new rule the government bond insurer will put in place next year.