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KB Home is getting a surge of buyers in cheaper suburban areas after spending the past few years focusing on costlier locations, the builder's chief executive officer said.

Foreclosure starts increased last month, moving off their 10-year low, according to Black Knight Financial Services.

Drew Boland's positive attitude and love of a challenge are two defining characteristics that help him stand out from his peers.

Industry and consumer groups are calling on the Federal Housing Finance Agency to reduce the loan fees that homebuyers have to pay on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac guaranteed mortgage loans.

Carrington Mortgage Services has added conventional loans to the portfolio of products offered by its wholesale lending division.

More than one in five Americans say the presidential candidates' policies on housing and finance will shape their vote in November.

The ultimate approval of the CIT-OneWest merger by regulators represents a giant step backwards for the Community Reinvestment Act.

Sales of previously owned homes climbed in May to the highest level in more than nine years, indicating that demand for residential real estate remains robust.

Mortgage applications increased 2.9% from one week earlier as interest rates remain at three-year lows, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

In something of a cruel irony, homebuilders are finding constraints on construction financing easing, but little in the way of quality lots on which to put up their houses.