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U.S. home construction starts strengthened in November to the fastest pace in eight months, suggesting builders are making a bit more headway on backlogs even as supply and labor constraints linger.

An industry expert shares key takeaways on how institutions can implement sophisticated technologies to attract a younger generation of customers.

However, the unusual profitability residential finance firms have previously enjoyed, and a strong housing market, could help to sustain their bottom lines.

Federal Reserve officials intensified their battle against the hottest inflation in a generation by shifting to end their asset-buying program earlier and signaling they favor raising interest rates in 2022 at a faster pace than economists were expecting.

Purchases inched upward, but refinance volumes retreated, with interest rates now well above levels from a year ago.

A Dallas policy that is supposed to tackle affordable housing shortages doesn't do enough to address systemic racial and economic barriers residents face, according to a new report.

The Federal Housing Finance Agency found several comments that could lead to fair lending concerns in the “neighborhood description” section of reports.

Younger home buyers accounted for more than half of Veterans Affairs purchase mortgages, with Virginia Beach and Washington seeing the greatest number of applications.

Error findings related to income and employment reached a high point since Aces Quality Management started its report in 2016.

Activity is down 20% from one year ago, driven by a 65% falloff in rate and term refinancings, Black Knight said.