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Mortgage rates for 30-year loans fell for a third week, reducing borrowing costs as housing demand regains strength.

Mortgage applications fell for the fifth time in the past six weeks, led by a drop in purchases even as borrowing costs retreated.

Unless the industry is content to be a boutique player with a hugely smaller pool of potential borrowers, it had better emulate the Fed and ease on down the road.

Purchases of new homes in the U.S. rose in May by the most in 22 years, indicating the industry is rebounding from a winter-induced lull at the start of the year.

Home prices in 20 U.S. cities rose at a slower pace than forecast in the year ended in April as declining affordability put a lid on appreciation.

Purchases of previously owned homes rose more than projected in May, a sign the industry is stabilizing after a weather-depressed quarter.

Residential home prices were up 6.4% in April from a year earlier, according to a report from Black Knight Financial Services.

Easier credit comes with relief from charge-offs on old building loans.

Mortgage applications fell last week as rising borrowing costs led to less purchases and refinancing.

Builders broke ground on 1 million homes in May, indicating the industry is picking up this quarter after a weather-induced slump to start the year.

Reasons for the lackluster performance range from the severe winter to rising home prices (which put mortgage payments out of reach for some buyers) to tight credit to stagnating incomes.

Confidence among homebuilders rose in June by the most in almost a year, a sign the residential real estate market is stabilizing after reeling from severe winter weather earlier this year.

Applications for mortgages to purchase new homes decreased 8% in May compared to April, according to Mortgage Bankers Association data released Friday.

A significant number of lenders are submitting the data required by Home Mortgage Disclosure Act with formatting errors, according to a new study.

Among the revelations: A large number of single-family homes built in 2013 weren't sold that year; single-family units, surprisingly, kept getting bigger; cash sales remain higher than before the recession.

Mortgage rates rose for a second week, extending an increase in borrowing costs from an eight-month low.

Some regional and large community banks are retaining more mortgages for investment because better-than-average deposit growth has given them extra cash they need to deploy. However, they are selective about which mortgages they keep.

Mortgage application volume increased a week after Memorial Day behind a surge in both refinance and purchase mortgage activity.

Lenders are relaxing overlays and adjusting pricing to attract more VA business.

The housing market is unseasonably weak due to consumers' worries about an economic slowdown and a decline in overall household income, according to a Fannie Mae survey.