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Builders broke ground on fewer residential construction projects in January as demand for single-family homes cooled from an almost seven-year high, signaling the rebound in housing remains uneven.

Mortgage loan application volume dropped sharply for the period ending Feb. 13 as mortgage rates rose to their highest level since the beginning of the year.

Chicago's Federal Home Loan Bank has given Forward Community Investments, a Wisconsin nonprofit, a loan to support the organization's community development endeavors.

Approximately two-thirds of foreign homebuyers during 2014 paid cash for their property.

Zillow Inc. completed its acquisition of rival real estate website Trulia Inc. and announced 350 job cuts as the combined company works to integrate operations.

Deutsche Bank has pooled 67 fixed-rate commercial mortgages, secured by 81 properties, in a $1.4 billion securitization called COMM 2015-DC1.

Zillow Inc.'s quarterly revenue topped estimates and the online real estate marketplace said it anticipates its acquisition of Trulia Inc. will close as early as Tuesday.

One of the culprits in the building and bursting of the nation's housing bubble, the low-down-payment mortgage, is back in favor and readily available at a lender near you.

The Metro Orlando housing market experienced its seasonal cooling-down period in January, with prices and sales down from the previous month.

Leading economic indicators are favorable for a continued improvement in both the economy as a whole and the housing industry, and many midtier lenders will find their companies operating at a disadvantage when compared to larger firms that are approved to sell their production directly to the industry's largest investors.