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New research findings challenge common assumptions about borrower behavior, illustrating how trended data — something mortgage lenders will soon be required to collect — could be a game-changer.

Caliber Home Loans in Irving, Texas, has agreed to acquire Fairfield, Calif.-based First Priority Financial.

The Department of Housing and Urban Development is telling lenders that down payment assistance programs still qualify for FHA backing despite concerns raised last year by HUD’s inspector general.

American Advisors Group has released its jumbo reverse mortgage loan product to its wholesale network in California.

While the housing market in the South still has room for improvement, states and metropolitan areas in that region are showing the strongest growth, according to Freddie Mac's latest Multi-Indicator Market Index.

With the nominees likely clear for the Republican and Democratic presidential tickets, speculation has turned to whom Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton could pick as their running mates. A number of those names mentioned are key figures on financial policy. Following are some of the top possible picks.

Mortgage applications and interest rates both increased during the week ending May 20, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association’s weekly survey.

U.S. home prices rose 5.7% in the first quarter from a year earlier as buyers competed for a limited supply of listings.

If the Federal Housing Administration wishes to take seriously the concerns lenders have about the definition of a loan error, demonstrating flexibility in crafting and revising its guidelines is a good place to start.

The stock price of CBL & Associates Properties Inc. sank 13% in early trading after a published report said the U.S. retail landlord is being investigated for accounting fraud.