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Lennar Corp., the second-largest U.S. homebuilder, reported fiscal second-quarter earnings that beat analysts' estimates as the improving job market helped boost sales.

The decline in homeownership can be stopped, and even reversed, by taking action on credit access, better evangelizing for down payment programs and offering borrower counseling.

The current upcycle the housing market is in should continue for at least two more years, according to Fitch Ratings.

Commercial real estate prices may fall as much as 5% in the next 12 months amid tightened regulations, a wall of debt maturities and property sales by publicly traded landlords, Pacific Investment Management Co. said in a report Monday.

The mark of an excellent salesperson is the ability to progress even in challenging markets. Here's a look at the loan officers featured in the Top Producers Rankings who logged increases of more than 75% of their previous year's dollar volume of mortgage originations.

After four years of crammed open houses, heated competition and dizzying price gains that sent the median cost of a home to $1.2 million, San Francisco's real estate market is starting to lose steam.

Optimal Blue will be acquired by private equity firm GTCR in a deal that makes Mortgagebot founder and tech veteran Scott Happ CEO of the Texas-based product and pricing engine software vendor.

U.S. prosecutors have abandoned their case against Angelo Mozilo, a pioneer of the risky subprime mortgages that fueled the financial crisis, after a two-year quest to bring a civil suit against him.

Mortgage professional hiring and new job appointments for the week ending June 17.

The market for existing-home sales is underperforming its potential by 2.8%, according to First American Financial Corp.'s Potential Home Sales model for May.