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When a house is lost, so is much of the collateral on the mortgage. Here's how both lenders and homeowners can bounce back.
February 20 -
Ice storms, straight-line winds and tornadoes occur more frequently than hurricanes and earthquakes and those insurance claims can stack substantially.
February 20 -
A White House order peeling back agency independence would curtail bank regulation in the near term, but could set the stage for long-term uncertainty and volatility.
February 19 -
Howard Lutnick's influence in housing today is primarily tied to tariffs but his firm also had a storied past in mortgages and was hit hard by the 9/11 attacks.
February 19 -
The $300 million strong team brings with it two top producers in the state.
February 19 -
Reality TV contributed to heightened demand for fixer-uppers and DIY projects, but today's economics are altering consumers' home buying considerations.
February 19 -
Shares of all 18 members in the S&P Composite 1500 Homebuilding Index fell, sending the gauge to the lowest intraday level since December 2023, after results from luxury homebuilder Toll Brothers Inc. and key construction data Wednesday indicated the residential real estate market may be in store for more turbulence.
February 19 -
While Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., is continuing to try and save the agency she helped create, Sen. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., who benefited from crypto spending in his primary race, is a new ally.
February 19 -
Meanwhile, home prices are set to grow 3 to 4% in 2025, a Fitch report predicts.
February 19 -
New residential construction decreased 9.8% to an annualized pace of 1.37 million last month, slipping after a nearly 16% surge in December, according to government data released Wednesday.
February 19 -
Overall home loan application activity fell 6.6% last week, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association, with volume resembling the frigid start to the year.
February 19 -
Gahanna, Ohio was the hottest ZIP code for the second consecutive year.
February 19 -
President Donald Trump's new executive order could have dramatic implications for bank regulation by subjecting agencies to White House political control.
February 18 -
The government guarantor saw close to 25% of probationary employees cut.
February 18 -
The new tool taps into Intercontinental Exchange's AllRegs database, which contains over a million pages of guidelines from various sources.
February 18 -
State Farm's "emergency" rate increase request was rejected by California's insurance commissioner.
February 18 -
More government-backed loans shifted out of forbearance, while the share of portfolio and private-label securities loans remained flat from December.
February 18 -
Federal Reserve Gov. Michelle Bowman — who is viewed as a leading contender to be the next vice chair for supervision at the central bank — said changes to the post-financial crisis framework should be a focal point of the Fed's regulatory policy review.
February 18 -
Builder confidence had surged following Trump's election win but home financing costs stuck around 7% in recent months have sapped demand and sent builder stocks tumbling.
February 18 -
The lender says its first-of-its-kind program can give consumers up to $5,000 in credits based on their prior 12-month rent payment history.
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