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Home-price gains in 20 U.S. cities grew in July at the slowest pace in almost a year, a sign demand is increasingly bumping up against affordability constraints.

The housing market is stalling, and homebuilder stocks are feeling the pain.

Real estate crowdfund lender Sharestates introduced a new program to provide financing to investors to purchase nonperforming mortgage loans.

Mid America Mortgage CEO Jeff Bode is on a mission to show reluctant title agents and other business partners the value of embracing digital mortgages.

USAA will be eliminating 265 home sales and lending positions, but it already has offered nearly 100 of the affected workers different jobs within its mortgage unit.

Increased competition among non-qualified mortgage lenders leading to lower starting interest rates for borrowers should result in fewer of these loans prepaying within one year of origination, said Standard & Poor's.

A stronger economy, easing house price appreciation and slightly improving inventory conditions aren't enough to push up home sales this year, according to Freddie Mac.

Fannie Mae will add an appraisal waiver option for mortgages in regions that its Duty to Serve program designates as high-needs rural areas, but only if home inspections are completed instead.

A supply-demand mismatch has continued to chill housing sales in metro Atlanta, according to a report from Remax of Georgia.

Home sale prices in greater Hartford got a late summer bump in August and appear to be on a pace to register a modest year-over-year gain for the year.