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The 2017 countdown of the National Mortgage News Top Producers list continues by featuring the loan officers ranked 151-200.

Although the Charlotte region's inventory of homes remains tight, February sales rose slightly over the same time last year as more sellers gained the confidence to put their properties on the market.

Hawaii tourism had another record year of arrivals in 2016, but statewide sales of homes typically bought by visitors barely budged.

Wall Street speculators are zeroing in on the next U.S. credit crisis: the mall.

Banks are stepping up their efforts to win a key exception to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's "Qualified Mortgage" rule.

The Department of Housing and Urban Development and Alpine Bank & Trust have reached an agreement to resolve claims that the lender discriminated against African-American and Hispanic mortgage applicants.

Nondepository mortgage companies cut 1,500 full-time employees from their payrolls in January, ending 10 consecutive months of job growth.

Republicans repeatedly claim that the Dodd-Frank Act has hurt consumers by raising costs and hampering credit availability. But the data doesn't back that up.

Freddie Mac is considering backing loans that finance single-family rental homes for the first time, mirroring a controversial transaction that Fannie Mae disclosed in January.

Attracting millennials and preparing for the rising rate environment are issues on the minds of mortgage executives where staffing is concerned.