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Home prices are continuing to fall across an unseasonably cool Seattle real estate market, with homes that would have been snapped up in an instant just several months ago now sitting unsold.

Houston area home prices rose 5.4% over the last year through July, slightly below the national appreciation rate of 6.2%.

Caliber Home Loans’ next offering of subprime mortgage bonds includes a new product offered to borrowers with a stronger credit profile than its other programs – but also less equity in their homes.

Seattle is known for its hip neighborhoods, soaring home prices, and being home to Amazon.com Inc., the world's most valuable company. So why is its rental housing market experiencing the most severe slowdown in the U.S.?

The number of workers employed by nonbank mortgage lenders and brokers reversed course and inched lower in July as affordability constraints and limited income gains reduced demand.

Consumer confidence about the U.S. economy is not correlating with their views on the current state of the housing market, Fannie Mae said.

Home sales and the median price of homes mostly rose on the Big Island and Kauai in August, according to local real estate agent trade association data.

The number of homes on the market surged, the number of sales dropped, and price reductions were abundant last month, all signs that buyers are pulling back in metro Denver.

Mortgage industry hiring and new job appointments for the week ending Sept. 7.

The GSE recently transferred $166 million portion of risk on $11.1 billion of loans via contracts with seven reinsurers and insurers; it plans to come to market two or three time a year going forward.