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Mortgage industry hiring and new job appointments for the week ending Nov. 8.

In the latest example of a new wave of mortgage-related fintech investment, Snapdocs will boost its artificial-intelligence capabilities with its new $25 million funding round.

Home-price growth is accelerating again. Give credit to this year’s plunge in mortgage rates.

The share of severely underwater mortgages shrunk by over two percentage points compared with a year ago, as these borrowers benefited from the rise in equity levels, Attom Data Solutions said.

Though still comparatively strong, consumer confidence in the housing market dropped again in October in response to economic uncertainty and lack of affordability, according to Fannie Mae.

Brent Chandler of FormFree, Tim Mayopoulos of Blend and Tamra Rieger of Evergreen Home Loans share their Digital Mortgage 2019 highlights

Rick Lang of Freddie Mac, Tim Mayopoulos of Blend and Tamra Rieger of Evergreen Home Loans discuss the key objectives – from customer experience to system integrations – that mortgage companies are pursuing through digitalization.

Aaron King of Snapdocs, Brent Chandler of FormFree, Tim Mayopoulos of Blend, and Chris Backe of Ellie Mae talk about system fragmentation, data access issues, personnel management and other hurdles that still stand between the industry and comprehensive digitalization.

U.K. house prices posted their slowest growth this year in October, according to mortgage lender Halifax.

Mortgage rates fell for the first time in four weeks, although given investor optimism over better economic news, it might be a blip, according to Freddie Mac.

Houston held its spot as the No. 2 market for new home starts in the third quarter, according to a new report from Metrostudy.

Southern California house prices continued rising in September, although gains remain the smallest since the housing recovery began in the spring of 2012, new data shows.

Taylor Morrison Home Corp. has agreed to buy William Lyon Homes in a deal that would combine the two companies' in-house mortgage divisions and make the resulting entity the fifth-largest U.S. homebuilder.

The FDIC ordered the Seattle bank to pay a nearly $1.4 million fine tied to improper agreements with real estate brokers and homebuilders.

Black Knight and PennyMac Financial Services are suing each other in separate disputes linked respectively to the latter's creation of a servicing platform and the former's dominant position in the market.

Tighter mortgage regulations are making Canada's housing market less risky, according to the government agency responsible for its oversight.

It was activity at the upper end of the housing market that helped to keep mortgage application volume level with the previous week, the Mortgage Bankers Association said.