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A majority of people said they are willing to consider purchase of modern prefabricated housing, but local zoning laws currently hold back growth and development outside of rural areas.

Construction is heating up, but just 40% of new units are single-family residential properties, the firm's data analytics arm said.

Adjusted for inflation, consumer spending has largely stalled after surging at the start of the year. Delinquency rates, meanwhile, are ticking up. 

Nearly all Fed participants support additional increases in interest rates in 2023, with the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta President as an exception who has called for holding steady for the rest of this year and "well into 2024."

The $4 billion-asset United Federal Credit Union partnered with the Nevada Housing Division to offer first-time homebuyers access to down-payment assistance.

The Cleveland-based regional bank recently announced a $20 million line of credit for Lendistry, a Los Angeles-based, minority-led community development financial institution.

Fannie Mae's Home Purchase Sentiment Index recorded a little more optimism in July.

After a Supreme Court ruling, forgiveness for education debt looks unlikely but some of those exiting forbearance for it get a year-long break on credit and fees that could be helpful.

Twenty lenders from across the country are participating in Underwriting for Racial Justice, a collaborative effort to develop new criteria that will enable marginalized borrowers to gain access to credit.

The proposal would bring companies cited for civil enforcement actions under its scope to bar them from doing business with the government-sponsored enterprises.

The FDIC's New York regional office faced staffing shortages throughout its supervision of now-failed Signature Bank. Experts say more competitive wages, culture shifts and whistleblower protections could help regulators attract and retain talent and improve oversight.

The Black Knight-owned product and pricing engine was one of the reasons the Federal Trade Commission said it is contesting the transaction, which is now in court.

The May uptick in nonbank housing-finance payrolls came almost entirely from lender hiring as loan broker numbers plateaued and construction demand persisted.

Plaintiffs claim executives made a series of misleading statements in spring 2021, as the industry giant began to face headwinds in originations.

With new home listings down 25% since last year, bidding wars have become the norm, according to the brokerage.

There's quite a bit of inventory out there that would have otherwise been returned to the market but for unduly harsh political theater writes the CEO of the National REO Brokers Association.

Nationwide Property & Appraisal Services announced Friday the purchase of Integrity Appraisal Management.

Measures commonly used may not fully account for regional variations like those seen recently, a working paper by Federal Housing Finance Agency staff finds.

Eligible borrowers would receive a credit for up to $5,000 to pay for expenses like insurance, taxes and closing costs. The program comes months after fair-lending advocacy groups criticized KeyBank for its low rate of lending to Black borrowers.

A resilient U.S. economy, lingering inflation and comments from the Federal Reserve contributed to a 10-basis-point hike in the 30-year fixed rate, Freddie Mac said.