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During the downturn, the percentage of banks that exceeded the 100% capital line on construction lending declined from 35% in 2008 to 11% in 2011.

CoreLogic said in its monthly Home Price Index that home values escalated by 10.2% in February compared to a year ago.

A former GSE regulator is giving a big thumbs up for the Federal Housing Finance Agency’s plan to build a new securities platform that will replace the aging platforms Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are currently operating.

An improving economy and a revitalized real estate market resulted in Massachusetts foreclosure activity dropping for the second straight month to begin 2013.

Manhattan apartment prices climbed in the first quarter as buyers competed for properties amid the biggest inventory decline in more than a decade.

Purchases of primary residences rose 17% in 2012 compared to the prior year, while purchases by investors slipped 2%, according to the National Association of Realtors.

Home prices ended the first quarter of 2013 similar to how they started the year: stable and in positive territory.

The percentage of consumers who were late on paying their home equity loans fell to 4.03%, their lowest level in three quarters.

New residential construction rose 2.2% in February following a 4.4% increase in the prior month.

Homebuilders could hire up to 30,000 new workers a month over the next year, according to economists at Deutsche Bank Securities.

Ellington Management Group is moving into the rental home business.

Servicers completed 54,000 foreclosures in February, down 7% from January and down 19% from a year ago.

In its first-ever U.S. foreclosure inventory analysis, RealtyTrac said nearly 1.5 million properties were actively in the foreclosure process or bank-owned in the first quarter of 2013.

Housing markets hit hardest by the most recent financial downturn are experiencing a quicker pricing recovery than the rest of the country.

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency reported a significant reduction in the number of foreclosure starts in the fourth quarter by the major banks it supervises.

The National Association of Realtors leading indicator of future existing home sales stalled in February.

Mortgage applications during the week ending March 22 met expectations that they would reverse the previous week’s drop, rising 7.7% on a seasonally adjusted basis and 8% on an unadjusted basis.

Freddie Mac purchased nearly $43 billion in mortgage loans and securities in February, down fractionally from January.

Shadow inventory figures continue to fall from their peak highs three years ago.

Average home prices through January increased on a monthly and yearly basis, according to the S&P/Case-Schiller home price index.