Coronavirus

After months of pandemic-related delays, the joint venture between Guaranteed Rate and @properties started originating mortgages.

The amount far surpassed that of any other servicer required to purchase Ginnie Mae-backed loans that were 90 days past due.

B. Riley FBR raised its ratings for both Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to sell from neutral on the possibility the net worth sweep is declared illegal.

Bay Area home sales plummeted in May, falling by more than one-third in most counties and by nearly half in San Francisco as COVID-19 fears chilled buyers and sellers.

The Charlotte, N.C., housing market is slowly beginning to recover from the economic downturn of the COVID-19 pandemic, new data from the local real estate association show.

A more than $5 billion offering going up for bid is one of the first large transactions seen since the coronavirus complicated trading.

Congress should act in the next relief bill to provide the additional resources needed to build more affordable housing.

A subprime-related settlement between the government and Deutsche Bank provided meaningful benefits to some U.S. consumers in need, according to a new report. But the author acknowledged that those gains could prove illusory for some consumers given the coronavirus crisis.

San Diego home prices will decrease 1.3% in the next 12 months, much less than other parts of the nation.

Property owners are taking a wait-and-see approach, possibly because of economic uncertainty.

After steep declines in April and May, North Texas home sales rebounded in June. Area real estate agents sold 16% more single-family homes than in June of 2019.

The current refinancing boom might seem like the worst time to buy leads, but for some, it may be the best.

As the coronavirus created uncertainty for the housing market, underwriting standards tightened further in June.

Mortgage rates continued their slide, with the conforming 30-year fixed at its closest point ever to breaching the 3% mark, according to Freddie Mac.

While very low inventory prevented a full market recovery, pricier home listings only trail year-ago totals by 9.2%, according to Zillow.

The single-borrower deal, sponsored by Brookfield, was pulled in the spring due to market conditions that halted most securitizations at the onset of the COVID-19 outbreak.

Booming refinancing is expected to more than offset the tighter underwriting in second-quarter mortgage results.

It's a tough time to be shopping for a home around Seattle. Blame the coronavirus pandemic.

Home resales on Oahu continued their downward movement in June, but the decreases affected by safety measures were not as big as they were in May.

Tricon American Homes launches the fifth securitization since mid-May secured by loans that finance institutional ownership and management of single-family residential rental homes.