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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.

Auction.com is not expecting existing-home sales to massively increase in January compared to the previous month.

Purchases of new homes jumped in December to the highest level in more than six years, a sign the industry is poised to keep expanding in 2015.

Home prices in 20 U.S. cities rose at a slower pace in the year ended in November, a sign the industry struggled to find momentum even amid low mortgage rates.

United Wholesale Mortgage has released a new origination system for brokers and correspondents.

A California loan broker who defrauded investors of more than $17.4 million has been sentenced to five years in prison.