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Arch Capital’s next offering of credit risk transfer notes features heavy exposure to residential mortgages that have been modified by Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac.

Rises in the amount of low down payment loans and private mortgage insurance due to tight affordability led to the most first-time homebuyers since 2006, according to Genworth Mortgage Insurance.

Fannie Mae's serious delinquency rate stood firm for the third month running, adding to evidence that it has hit a floor after dropping for most of the past year.

Freddie Mac again increased its origination forecast for the next two years, as the rate drops of the past few months are expected to boost refinance volume.

New York's Amazon dreams aren't dead yet, at least not in the minds of some of its leading executives and politicians.

Connecticut's real estate market was hit hard in January, with single-family home sales hitting their lowest level for the month in a decade, according to the Warren Group.

For a few months, it seemed the speeding Bay Area housing market was ready to slow down.

Mortgage industry hiring and new job appointments for the week ending March 1.

Community banks and credit unions fear a Senate plan and other legislative ideas will nullify steps taken by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac that have made it easier for smaller institutions to compete.

The U.S. homeownership rate rose to the highest level since 2014, led by a growing share of buyers in their mid-30s and early 40s.