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Quontic Bank, a Community Development Financial Institution in New York, is offering a product reminiscent of crisis-era no-doc and low-doc loans. But does this "Lite Doc" loan carry the same risk?

Millions of Americans lost their homes to foreclosures or short sales during the housing crisis. Fortunately for the economy, time heals most wounds — and credit reports.

Mortgage rates dropped this week to their lowest point this year as yields on the 10-year Treasury remain depressed in the wake of the Brexit vote.

Assurant Inc. in Atlanta has acquired American Title, a title and valuation services provider.

Female millennial mortgage borrowers are far more likely than their male counterparts to be single, according to Ellie Mae.

A noted upper midtown Manhattan retail center that sold last month for $525 million is among several high-end retail, shopping and hotel resort properties JPMorgan is including in its latest commercial mortgage securitization.

Radian Guaranty has redeemed the $325 million surplus note due to its parent company, Radian Group Inc. in Philadelphia.

The amount of money that foreign homebuyers spent on U.S. real estate fell to a three-year low as the strengthening dollar and rising property prices cut into affordability.

Total multifamily and commercial mortgage originations are expected to decrease from last year's levels because of economic uncertainty, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

Mortgage applications increased 14.2% from one week earlier as rates dropped in reaction to the Brexit vote, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.