Data and information management

Mortgage applications rose for the third consecutive week as purchase volume increased to its highest level since July 2013.

Mortgage credit availability increased in March, the Mortgage Bankers Association's monthly Mortgage Credit Availability Index found.

Consumer demand for housing has dropped to its lowest recorded level due to reduced confidence in financial security and income raises, a new survey from Fannie Mae says.

A new report from analytics firm CoreLogic predicts that national home prices will experience a healthy rise from January 2015 to January 2016.

ReverseVision has created an operations team within its company to improve its capacity management about a month after its RV Express system's last reported outage.

Mortgage rates largely stayed put amidst mixed housing data as the March jobs report looms.

Home prices notched up slightly in January as housing markets in certain parts of the country continued to see impressive gains, according to Black Knight Financial Services.

Mortgage applications increased for the second consecutive week as both the refinance and purchase market saw its overall volume rise.

Clayton Holdings has acquired technology valuation provider Red Bell Real Estate and its sister company, Main Street Valuations.

Home equity lines of credit originations have increased 21.5% in 2014 from a year earlier, according to Equifax's National Consumer Credit Trends Report.

There is plenty of information available on the Internet so that mortgage firms can stop using the same old school approach to customer acquisition.

Home prices in 20 U.S. cities appreciated at a faster pace in the year ended in January, indicating the residential real estate market continues to firm.

The rate of Hispanic homeownership fell in 2014 to its lowest level since 1999, according to data by the National Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals.

Mortgage rates declined for a second week, sending costs for 30-year loans to their lowest in more than a month as the busiest homebuying season gets under way.

It's was anything but a winter wonderland for the housing market, according to a report by Freddie Mac.

Mortgage application volume elevated in the week ending March 20 as interest rates reached lows not seen since the beginning of the year.

In a reflection of the recovering housing market, consumer demand for home equity lines of credit is surging, according to the Consumer Banker Association's Home Equity Lending Committee.

Home prices increased less than economists estimated in January as traditional buyers took the place of investors, leading to smaller gains.

Right now policy makers, industry participants and advocates are no doubt discussing how to remedy the housing industry's problems. Their discussions are based on assumptions that might not be correct.

The number of borrowers who owe more on their mortgage than the value of their home continued to improve last year, according to CoreLogic.