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For all the talk about an economic and housing recovery, homeownership remains out of reach for a third of Americans, a new report from Zillow found.

The silver lining of the market crash was a unique opportunity for non-legislative reform that would not have otherwise come to bear.

The share of owner-occupant single-family home and condo buyers fell to a new low, according to RealtyTrac.

March featured the largest monthly decline in the mortgage delinquency rate in nine years, according to Black Knight Financial Services.

Two House Financial Services Committee members introduced a bipartisan bill late last week that is designed to give lenders breathing room when new disclosure rules go into effect on Aug. 1.

The Department of Housing and Urban Development has rescinded a policy designed to help certain widowed spouses of reverse mortgage borrowers avoid foreclosure.

The Federal Housing Administration Single Family Housing Policy Handbook will now come into effect on Sept. 14, the Department of Housing and Urban Development announced Friday.

Staying out of trouble with a federal regulator is a great reason to take customer satisfaction seriously, but you should pay attention to customer satisfaction for business development reasons.

Banks want all loans held in portfolio to be classified as ultrasafe regardless of the underwriting characteristics or of a bank's asset size. But consumer activists and independent mortgage lenders are raising red flags ahead of possible Senate Banking action.

Continuing its strong performance from the previous quarter, LendingTree reported record revenue in both its mortgage and non-mortgage lead generation business for the first quarter.