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The Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago is lining up new investors for its Mortgage Partnership Finance conduit program.

Homebuilder stocks like KB Home got a boost in the market on Thursday, bucking the prevailing trends.

The average rate for the 30-year fixed rate mortgage is expected to rise to 4.4% in the third quarter, but this is down from a July estimate of 4.5%.

Moody’s has added hotels to the real estate categories monitored by the agency’s national all-property Commercial Property Price Indices, which now also include the effect of distressed sales.

Barry Habib, chief market strategist for Residential Finance, explains the results from the latest National Association of Home Builders Housing Market Index, which was released at 59, stronger than expectations of 56.

The median size of newly constructed houses has crept steadily higher since the market crash.

Many workers serving summer vacationers in 207 U.S. metro areas struggle to find affordable housing.

Fitch Ratings has upgraded the issuer default rating of Stewart Information Services and has also upgraded the ratings on the nation’s second largest title underwriter, First American Financial.

Eligible homebuyers can apply for a $15,000 grant to purchase Cleveland-area homes as part of Wells Fargo's CityLIFT program.