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Increased confidence is expected to accelerate consumer spending and improve U.S. housing demand throughout 2013.

Shadow inventory figures continue to fall from their peak highs three years ago.

Average home prices through January increased on a monthly and yearly basis, according to the S&P/Case-Schiller home price index.

The seasonally adjusted rate of new single-family home sales in February dropped about 4.6% to 411,000 from a slight downward revision of the January rate to 431,000.

Hispanics, already leading the first-time home buyer market, could be an even greater force if inventory shortages don't get in their way, according to a new report.

Pending home sales in California were up nearly 9% in February over January, but when compared with February 2012, they were down 8%.

A push is on in Congress to reinstate a program that allowed small businesses to refinance commercial mortgages using government-backed funds.

DocMagic has maintained a nearly perfect uptime record for the last four months, which included the company’s move to a new location and switch over to a new technology center.

A poster on the Mortgage Grapevine is looking for a source to fund a cash-out refinance in Maryland.

Lender Processing Services said in its “first look” report that the U.S. loan delinquency now stands at 6.80%.