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Fitch Ratings expects new nonresidential construction activity will remain positive for the remainder of this year and heading into 2014.

The Realtor’s leading indicator of future home sales edged down in July for the second month in row as potential buyers moved to the sidelines due to rising home prices and higher mortgage rates.

Responding to reports that mortgage lenders and servicers are accepting insurance tracking services from unaffiliated insurance producers, the New York Department of Financial Services is warning all parties involved that this practice is illegal in New York.

Congress banned the use of downpayment assistance on FHA-insured loans in 2008 but one Phoenix lender just got caught for reimbursing charitable housing groups that provided “gift” downpayments to homebuyers.

Barry Habib, chief market strategist for Residential Finance, talks about why an uptick in purchase applications is good for the housing industry.

An executive at Calvert Financial in Ashland, Mo., has admitted to using funds from the Troubled Asset Relief Program to buy a luxury condominium.

The federal regulator of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac is seeking at least $6 billion from JPMorgan Chase to settle a lawsuit over soured mortgage bonds sold to the government-sponsored enterprises.

Mortgage loan application volume decreased by 2.5% on a seasonally adjusted basis for the week ended Aug. 23.

The Nambe Pueblo Housing Entity, which is developing homes for members of its small (650 people) pueblo Indian tribe, knows it is a slow process to make the desert bloom with snug new houses.

Almost all mortgage stocks sold at a discount Tuesday, down more than the roughly 1% price fluctuation seen in the past few days.