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Orange County, Calif., home sales dipped in February, a time when sales typically rise, a new housing report shows.

In Broward County, Fla., median home sale prices increased and inventory on the market decreased in February.

Mortgage applications decreased 2.7% from one week earlier after the Fed announced a rate hike, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

Sales of previously owned homes declined in February after rising a month earlier to the highest level in a decade, according to the National Association of Realtors.

Freddie Mac is bolstering its relationships with housing finance agencies after it fell short of reaching two affordable housing goals last year.

Mortgage lenders have already begun to feel the burn of higher interest rates.

Loans originated in the fourth quarter of 2016 carried less credit risk, according to the latest Housing Credit Index from CoreLogic.

February homes sales fell 2.6% in Wisconsin, but a shortage of homes on the market is leading to higher prices.

A federal jury has convicted two businessmen on multiple bank fraud charges related to falsifying loan documents to postpone foreclosure on a parcel of land in Aurora, Ill., worth nearly $2 million.

The number of homes in foreclosure across Washington is down by nearly 40% compared with a year ago.