Origination

Confidence among homebuilders is the strongest since the mid-2000s housing boom as sales prospects improve despite rising mortgage rates.

The 2017 countdown of the National Mortgage News Top Producers list continues by featuring the loan officers ranked 51-100.

Industry critics argue the Invitation Homes deal will create new risks for Fannie Mae and remove affordable inventory from homebuyers.

Reflecting the post-election interest rate rise, closed purchase loans were 57% of February's total volume, according to Ellie Mae's Origination Insight report.

Expect to see plenty of grand openings at apartment communities across South Florida this year.

Prices for residential real estate on Maui were higher in February, but sale volume was mixed between single-family houses and condominiums.

When Julia Lundblad lies in bed at night in her Titlow Beach, Wash., home, she can hear the water sloshing up under her house. It took some getting used to, but she loves it.

Economic growth expectations remain the same despite the rate hike the Federal Reserve is expected to announce, Fannie Mae said Wednesday.

Mortgage applications increased 3.1% from one week earlier even as rates reached their highest level in three years, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

Sen. Mike Rounds, R-S.D., suggested Tuesday that the National Flood Insurance Program should boost its insurance coverage to $427,000 in an effort to put it on sounder fiscal footing.