Appraisals

For now, Pullman, Wash., real estate is a sellers' market.

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are making condominium loans eligible for automated appraisal waivers that could reduce mortgage borrowers' fees and shorten closing times for lenders.

From medical expenses to home improvements, here's a look at some of the most frequently cited reasons homeowners are borrowing against their home equity.

Taking a home in metro Denver from listing to the closing table now only takes 41 days on average, one of the shortest turnaround times in the country, according to a new study from Trulia.

As house values continued growing, homeowners with mortgages saw their equity increase 13.3% year-over-year in the first quarter, a gain of over $1.01 trillion, according to CoreLogic.

Fannie Mae is lowering down payment requirements and lender fees on manufactured housing loans to improve affordable housing access.

Dallas-area home prices grew slightly faster than the nationwide rate in the latest comparison by CoreLogic.

In a bid to cut time and costs from the mortgage process, Fannie Mae is testing whether appraisers can accurately determine a home's value without actually visiting the property.

The removal of costly appraisal requirements on tens of thousands of smaller commercial properties could help community banks better compete for loans they say they have been losing to nonbank lenders.

Four out of five Franklin County, Ohio, homes that changed hands this year sold above the county auditor's estimated value, in some cases for two or three times as much.