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The credit bureau's $638 million deal to buy the ID verification firm is its second M&A agreement in a little over a month to broaden its line of products and services that help customers combat fraudsters and identity thieves.

Rising debt-to-income ratios were behind almost a third of refinance rejections among those 65 and older, according to an analysis from the Urban Institute.

On Tuesday, lumber futures were trading around $735.70 per 1,000 board feet in Chicago, more than double the pre-pandemic five-year average around $356.

The recent order by Director Rohit Chopra — issued just days after he was sworn in — demanding that Amazon, Facebook and others hand over information about their payments products is being interpreted as a sign that the consumer bureau wants to take a more active role in regulating the tech giants.

The agency said the risk management program for Cenlar FSB, which performs servicing functions for financial institution clients, was inadequate for the bank's size.

The MI Estimated Rate Quote application programming interface is built upon the JSON standard, used in server-to-mobile communications.

The average of 8% of total expenses that lenders put toward technology has a value, but it shows up more in broader organizational goals and productivity, the study found.

Maxwell, a startup that operates an online platform catering to mortgage loan officers and smaller lenders, raised $28.5 million in equity funding from investors led by the venture firm Fin VC and Wells Fargo Strategic Capital.

To avoid a crisis similar to in 2008, protection needs to be in place for the mortgage industry. Soon, flood insurance will need to be standard for almost all coastal areas, which will be a considerable cost, writes the CEO of Repair Pricer.

Sales of new U.S. homes increased in September to the highest level in six months, underscoring solid underlying demand.

U.S. home prices jumped 19.8% in August, the latest in a string of massive gains in the pandemic real estate market.

Button Finance intends to use the capital to develop its underwriting platform and increase hiring.

The inventory shortage is a likely driver of an increased willingness to consider a house where suspected paranormal activity occurred.

Secretary Marcia Fudge’s statement has implications for other tribal nations in Oklahoma and may be watched closely by other government officials, housing and civil rights advocacy groups.

Average incomes for this age group increased by 24% since 2012, but housing prices jumped 86%.

The enormous issuance is backed by a single loan secured by first-priority mortgages on a pool of about 6,148 single-family rental homes, and 299 townhouses.

No city exemplifies the mania of the COVID-era U.S. housing market better than Boise, Idaho, where prices have surged by more than 30% in the past year. But in a sudden reversal, buyers are now the ones with power.

The Series B investment round for the power buyer comes at a time when all-cash purchases account for almost a quarter of the market.

The Alabama company agreed to buy two nonbank lenders earlier this year. It’s still on the lookout for possible deals, potentially in corporate finance or wealth management, its chief financial officer told American Banker.

Around 432,000 homeowners exited their pandemic-related payment suspensions in the first 19 days of October and more than 280,000 plans have month-end review dates, but the number of private-loan plans increased.