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Hudson City Bancorp in Paramus, N.J., reported lower quarterly profitsas its loan book keeps shrinking.

The business of bundling riskier U.S. mortgages into bonds without government backing is gearing up for a comeback. Just don't call it subprime.

As the key spring homeselling season approaches, buyers are finding deals on new houses as builders focus on boosting revenue.

At a hearing Tuesday, GOP lawmakers hammered FHFA Director Mel Watt for four hours over his recent decisions to allow Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to buy loans with lower downpayments and provide money to two affordable housing trust funds.

FHA warned about possible slow down during peak hours and so far processing is proceeding better than expected.

D.R. Horton, the nation's largest homebuilder, has found success in marketing new homes to the underserved niche of first-time buyers.

A majority of small bank executives are concerned about the impact of new regulations on their mortgage lending business, according to an industry trade group.

Last year was a good year for residential real estate in the Pittsburgh region as a whole, but two of the hottest areas of the city for price appreciation and sales were Lawrenceville and East Liberty.

Home prices in Los Angeles and Orange counties climbed 5.1% in November from a year earlier, according to a leading gauge.

Almost 80% of the metro Milwaukee area's most-active real estate markets saw an increase in the average home price in 2014, and real estate analysts expect the trend to continue this year.