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The greatest responsibility lenders and servicers have to homeowners is making sure property tax payment is accurate and on-time.

When Andy and Amy Isaacson looked at buying a home in Palo Alto, Calif., for their expanding family, the least expensive one they could find was $1.5 million.

Ben Franklin famously said the only things certain in life are death and taxes. One Wisconsin loan officer has found one more.

Production profits rose during the second quarter amidst higher volumes and lower expenses, the Mortgage Bankers Association reported.

Regulatory infighting over bond loans offered by down payment assistance programs has the potential to curtail lending to first-time buyers and do real damage to homeownership.

Interest rates for conventional purchase mortgages fell month-over-month in July, the Federal Housing Finance Agency reported.

Home prices in 20 U.S. cities continued to moderate in June, according to S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller data released Tuesday.

Lenders who use the U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Housing Service's Single Family Housing Guarantee Program will pay less beginning in October.

Former Mortgage Guaranty Insurance Co. Chairman and Chief Executive William Lacy Jr. died Sunday from respiratory failure. He was 71.

In just a few years, a popular mall with high-end anchor stores and boutique retail tenants can fall into substandard property condition, leaving commercial mortgage bond investors with outsized losses on their exposure to these properties.