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Purchases of new homes climbed in February for the fourth time in the last five months as demand snapped back in the western U.S.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has implemented a new rule that broadens the ability of lenders in rural and underserved areas to originate qualified mortgages.

Fannie Mae is marketing its second offering of the year of Connecticut Avenue Securities transferring the credit risk on mortgages that it insures.

The House passed a bill late Monday to extend foreclosure relief for military service members through the end of next year.

The rise in technology use can open the door for all variations of fraud and theft, but companies can look to existing tools as models in the battle against criminal forces.

Home prices rose in January as shoppers competed for a limited inventory of listings.

Todd Sherman, who with his brother Tyler Sherman co-founded mortgage software developer Motivity Solutions, has died.

With the countdown of the 2016 Top Producers rankings now complete, check out the entire list of this year's best loan officers and brokers.

Mortgage lenders continue to remain cautious of high-risk borrowers, according to the Lenders One Mortgage Barometer survey released Monday.

Fitch Ratings believes the market disruption caused by mortgages that fail to comply with a new consumer disclosure rules is out of proportion to amount of risk posed to investors.