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Mortgage application activity had its largest decline in a year, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

Significantly more Americans own a home now than a decade ago, but the disparity between Black homeownership rates and those of other racial and ethnic groups has grown wider, according to the National Association of Realtors.

Each state was rated on a number of factors in five categories, including affordability, overall well-being, quality and cost of healthcare, weather and crime.

The rebuff Tuesday ends months of deliberations over the cases, which had been fully briefed since late September. The court as a whole gave no explanation for either the rejection or the unusually long delay. 

Comparable sales fell 3.5% in its fiscal fourth quarter, Home Depot said Tuesday.

A report reveals Heartland Tri-State Bank's failure last year was due to its CEO being ensnared in a sophisticated investment scam that is taking more victims.

The wholesale lender wants its logo removed from the Facebook page and for Ramon Walker, the creator of the page and owner of Client Direct Mortgage, to pay over $100,000 in outstanding EPO.

The company, which has paired down its operations to concentrate on reverse mortgages, got a similar notice in December.

A deal between consumers and a Multiple Listing Service doesn't solve the issue of buyer brokers "steering" clients to listings with higher commissions, lawyers for the government said.

U.S. new-home construction sank at the start of the year by the most since the onset of the pandemic, indicating the recovery in the housing market will be gradual as many buyers await a further decline in mortgage rates.