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Starwood Waypoint Residential Trust and Colony American Homes, two of the largest U.S. single-family home landlords, said they will merge in an all-share deal that creates a company with $7.7 billion in assets.

The housing market came out of August ahead, despite the month's typical slowdown as the summer home-buying season draws to a close, according to reports from Redfin and Remax.

The Federal Housing Administration's recent determination that loans used to finance energy-efficient home improvements rank second in payment priority, behind mortgages, isn't the setback that it might seem to be.

The housing market is shifting toward more-favorable conditions for owning a home instead of renting, according to a new report.

What's it going to take to boost annual issuance of private-label RMBS roughly tenfold to $100 billion-$150 billion?

Lenders and vendors found no bad surprises in the Truth in Lending Act/Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act integrated disclosure exam guidance, but it didn't clarify much industry confusion either.

The owner of a New Mexico mortgage lender has acquired a controlling interest in Goldwater Bank in Scottsdale, Ariz.

The market capacity for existing-home sales rose 0.4% in August compared to the previous month, according to First American Financial.

Mortgage professional hiring and new job appointments for the week ending Sept. 18.

While Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen heaped praise on the U.S. labor market in her press conference on Thursday, the housing market got little love.