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Confidence among homebuilders dropped in February to a nine-month low as potential buyers stayed away, interrupting the steady progress residential real estate had built over the course of 2015.

The Chicago, Des Moines and Cincinnati FHLBs have grown their life insurance company membership the most in recent years.

Low borrowing costs and rising home values are just two of several reasons why owning a home is far less burdensome than it was a decade ago.

Caliber Home Loans has named former CitiMortgage head Sanjiv Das as its next chief executive.

These nine credit unions will implement Intuvo's mortgage automated marketing platform.

Fannie and Freddie have been selling pools of delinquent mortgages at auction to the highest bidders. Community groups say the Federal Housing Finance Agency should be giving preferential treatment to nonprofits and community development financial institutions.

American International Group is expanding bets on property lending and safe fixed-income securities after hedge funds investments soured.

Despite the outcry prompted by lenders' commercials during Super Bowl 50, customer satisfaction surveys indicate borrowers are more than ready for the ease and convenience of digital options.

United Guaranty reported pretax operating income of $644 million for 2015 while its new insurance written increased by 21%.

Flagstar Bancorp in Troy, Mich., has launched a national homebuilder lending platform.