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A proposal issued two weeks ago by the FHFA calls on the two government-sponsored enterprises to identify opportunities to increase their purchases of small multifamily properties in rural areas, sparking some concern among lenders.

Manhattan's luxury-home market is losing its luster.

After lenders and their technology providers spent much of 2015 implementing the TILA-RESPA integrated disclosures, forthcoming compliance audits and a government-sponsored enterprise plan to start collecting data from the new forms will tell if those efforts truly paid off.

Changes to the tax code approved by Congress may set the stage for increased privatization of real estate investment trusts, according to a new report from Fitch Ratings.

Property Assessed Clean Energy loans have been available in Florida since 2010, but lending, as well as securitization of these loans, has lagged far behind California largely due to a series of lawsuits challenging the program's validity.

Interest rates on fixed-rate mortgages remained largely unchanged this week, according to Freddie Mac.

Mortgage professional hiring and new job appointments for the week ending Dec. 25.

Bill de Blasio's plan to create apartments for New York's poor and middle class has come under fire from community leaders who say that what developers and the mayor call "affordable" remains out of reach for those in need.

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are telling lenders that they are willing to retain loans with defects if they believe the defects are minor and can be fixed. But Freddie is one-upping Fannie by offering to retain such loans without charging lenders a fee.

Senior citizens' equity in their homes rose by about $147 billion to $5.76 trillion, from the second quarter to the third quarter, according to the National Reverse Mortgage Lenders Association.