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There is a real possibility of a large, nonmortgage brand coming into the industry and consolidating a disjointed loan origination process.

February has become the new spring, according to panelists at the Fredericksburg (Va.) Area Association of Realtors' 2020 Vision: FAAR Housing Outlook round-table meeting.

If Amazon.com's botched expansion in New York City offers a cautionary tale, Google is showing there's another way.

Home price growth in certain markets surrounding Crystal City, Va., tripled the national average in the year since Amazon announced its second headquarters would go there.

Million-dollar homes in the U.S. are shrinking fast. Nowhere is that more stark than in Nashville, a superstar economy brimming with high-paying jobs, hip bars and new luxury downtown condos.

A Silicon Valley mega-office-tower complex that is home to both Amazon and Facebook corporate offices is making another appearance in a conduit commercial mortgage-loan securitization.

Even before Amazon.com Inc. completes its Northern Virginia office hub, the e-commerce giant has helped make the area the most competitive housing market in the U.S.

Seattle is poised to get a new $1 billion development steps from Amazon's sprawling urban campus as part of a major land sale by the city.

The real estate industry may soon find out whether house hunters will look for homes in the place where they already shop for everything else.

Home prices in Arlington County, Va., are likely to reach their peak in July with a median sales price of $675,640, according to the Northern Virginia Association of Realtors.

Amazon's reputation is built on customer fulfillment and technology innovation, but are those enough to guarantee success in the mortgage business?

The loan covering single-tenant distribution/fulfillment centers is the largest obligation in the transaction being rated by four agencies.

As Amazon looms over the mortgage industry, expert views differ on the retail monolith claiming its stake in the sector.

Home sales in both Manhattan and Arlington, Va., jumped after Amazon.com Inc. selected the two sites for its second headquarters. However, the Manhattan market cooled after Amazon dropped the city from the list.

A slim majority of younger consumers showed an interest in using a voice assistant like Alexa in the mortgage process, according to PriceWaterhouseCoopers.

Technologies like Siri and Alexa will only make mortgage production more efficient if users communicate with them precisely and securely.

Assessing the implications of big tech's inevitable next run at the business of mortgage lending.

New York's Amazon dreams aren't dead yet, at least not in the minds of some of its leading executives and politicians.

A digital mortgage startup called Brace is using machine learning to automate loss mitigation and has lined up backing from several venture capital sources, including a fund with high-profile investors like Amazon founder Jeff Bezos.

Amazon.com Inc.'s decision to drop its expansion plans in the Long Island City neighborhood of Queens plunged local real estate brokers into despair — just months after the euphoria that followed the company's announcement that it would open offices there and bring thousands of jobs.