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The 2014 Mortgage Technology Awards are 15 years in the making and continue a long tradition of honoring the best and brightest industry innovators.

California is planning to sell $110 million of veterans general obligation bonds in a competitive offering Thursday.

Lennar Corp., the second-biggest homebuilder by stock-market value, reported fiscal third-quarter earnings that beat analysts' estimates as it sold more homes at higher prices.

Confidence among homebuilders rose in September to a nine-year high, showing the industry is gaining ground and will be a source of momentum for the economy.

Mortgage applications rebounded a week following the Labor Day holiday even as interest rates increased to their highest level since June.

Banks and mortgage lenders may have received too much relief from loan buybacks, putting taxpayers at greater risk for losses, according to a Federal Housing Finance Agency inspector general's report.

U.S. Bank in Minneapolis will pay nearly $11,500 to a Native American couple in North Dakota to settle a lending-discrimination complaint with the Department of Housing and Urban Development.

In his first major policy speech as the new housing secretary, Julian Castro voiced support for a Senate bill to reform housing finance and said policymakers should "remove the stigma associated with promoting homeownership."

Citigroup Inc., Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs Group Inc. are among 13 banks whose units were sued for $1.15 billion by the state of Virginia, over claims they misled its retirement system about the sale of residential mortgage-backed securities.

The nation's youngest adults will spend more than $2 trillion in the next several years on rent and mortgage loans, according to a recent report by The Demand Institute.