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Pricey insurance, expensive maintenance, and struggles with financing are all weighing down the condo market, with Florida and Texas feeling it the most.

The firm is incentivizing the cross-selling of its services by offering a lower interest rate for one year for borrowers who finance via Rocket Mortgage retail LOs and use a Redfin agent.

HUD Secretary Scott Turner issued five mortgagee letters pulling back on 12 Federal Housing Administration policies that drive up the cost for homebuyers.

In some California markets, a household would need a six-figure raise to afford monthly payments on a typical home, new Zillow research found.

The Financial Technology Association — which had been granted the right to defend the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's open banking rule after the bureau declined to defend it — filed a motion Sunday to preserve the rule.

Former account executives say the lender stiffed its workers by letting their retirement contributions cover plan expenses, rather than use existing funds.

The trade group outlines in a white paper that it wants more "flexibility" in the rule allowing mortgage lenders to pay their originators on a varying scale.

This transaction for 230 rental units follows a March $10 million affordable housing investment in Nevada Housing Division Mortgage Revenue Bonds.

Rising insurance costs and stricter rules threaten condo affordability, but balanced reforms can preserve access, according to a member of the Community Home Lenders of America.

Despite the average windfall for homeowners, some feel like they missed a prime selling window, and buyers must still overcome steep unaffordability.

While consumer distress in auto and personal loans also picked up, the pace of growth among mortgages was atypical, Vantagescore's monthly credit gauge said.

The 30-year fixed rate mortgage is below 6.8% for the first time since May as the 10-year Treasury moved lower with the headlines of the past week.

New legislation takes into account costs to residents while emphasizing accountability and safety from complex owners, Florida governor Ron DeSantis said.

New self-regulatory guidelines for credit cards and checking accounts are arriving at a time of deregulation in Washington, D.C.

The gap between costs and wages hit an inflection point and policy may determine what happens next, according to the Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies.

The equity-backed loan offers Rocket customers funds for down payments and closing costs on a new purchase while giving them six months to sell their existing property.

Transparency has improved for mortgages but associations still lack access and insurance is a challenge in efforts to balance access to housing with safety.

Regulatory changes after the Surfside collapse are making more condos nonwarrantable, which presents some opportunities while also complicating mortgage access.

A new House vote brings long-awaited privacy protections for homebuyers one step from reality. See what still needs to happen.

Originators skilled in VA lending can assist families making a military permanent change of station who are looking to own a home at their new location.