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Home prices rose 5.9% in April from a year earlier as job growth spurred competition for a limited number of listings.

Brokers remain perplexed over how to strike a balance between helping borrowers shop for the best deal and maintaining compliance with the TILA-RESPA integrated disclosures. Specifically, how do brokers and wholesalers meet TRID's delivery deadline and accuracy requirements when a loan is resubmitted to a new lender?

Title agents reported an average increase in closing costs of $184 per transaction during the second quarter, according to a report from First American Financial Corp.

PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust is now offering sellers the option to have the company underwrite the whole loans it purchases.

The Federal Reserve warned that prices in the commercial real estate market may have run up too far too fast.

Bank of America's newest service allows consumers to track their loan status online.

Home Equity Conversion Mortgages can be a valuable retirement tool to older borrowers who qualify for the product, and lenders who shy from offering them are doing their clients a costly disservice.

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.