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After hiring half the laid-off staff from Live Well Financial, Open Mortgage plans to engineer a careful transition to operating as a larger-scale business.

Home price appreciation turned the corner into negative territory, with values down for the second straight month, according to Zillow. Before April, property values continued growing for 85 months in a row.

First National Bank of Pennsylvania has filed a commercial mortgage foreclosure action against Conneaut Lake Park Volunteer Fire Department to collect more than $400,000 in outstanding loan debt, interest and penalties.

The number of property foreclosures in Monroe County, Michigan, continues to decline, continuing a trend for the past decade, county Treasurer Kay Sisung said.

If current inventory shortages continue, rising costs will limit housing options for many American buyers and renters, according to a new Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies report.

Will the runoff of MSRs leave a hole in the capital of the mortgage finance industry?

Sales of new homes fell to a five-month low in May, adding to signs of weakness in the sector despite lower mortgage rates.

Home-price gains in 20 U.S. cities decelerated in April for a 13th straight month to the weakest pace since 2012, indicating further moderation in the housing market, particularly in once-hot West Coast areas.

Driven by job growth and low interest rates, central Ohio home sales jumped more than 5% in May, the biggest leap in two and a half years.

Marin County, Calif., shares the top spot for most expensive places in the nation to rent a home, according to a new study.