Economy

The Federal Reserve Bank of New York is streamlining its Ginnie Mae holdings by combining mortgage-backed securities with similar characteristics into larger pass-through instruments.

Nap pods and beanbag chairs are nice, but what employees really care about are personal respect and generous compensation. Oh, and it helps to be dog-friendly.

The six private mortgage insurers had a great year as they continued to grab market share from the Federal Housing Administration. Despite some headwinds, 2019 is shaping up to be another good year.

When it comes to cars, tunnels and rockets, Elon Musk thinks big. The same is true for his household finances.

While overall housing sales have suffered due to affordability, the trend is even more drastic for typically higher-priced new homes, according to Redfin.

The federal banking agencies will not hold a hearing on a proposal to reduce the number of residential real estate transactions that require an appraisal.

In a shift from the typical upward trend for Central Texas, home sales declined in January and home price appreciation slowed, the Austin Board of Realtors said.

Zillow Group Inc., the housing search website that's taken a hit to its stock price as it pursues an ambitious plan to buy homes and originate mortgages, is bringing back its first chief executive officer to lead the transformation.

The slowdown in new market-rate, residential development is starting to take its toll on San Francisco's affordable housing pipeline, as rising construction costs and a softening market are resulting in less money flowing to the city programs that support affordable projects.

Home affordability is at a 10-year low across the nation. Here's a look at the 12 cities most in danger of a housing bubble in 2019.

The company disclosed that it paid $146 million for servicing rights associated with $13 billion in mortgages.

From FICOs to purchase volume, here's a look at seven mortgage lending trends that will shape the housing market this year.

Credit card issuers would have to set aside more in reserves because of higher loss histories, according to research by Keefe, Bruyette & Woods on the impact of the new loan-loss standard.

A flood of North Texas houses hitting the market in January means it will take longer to sell a Dallas-Fort Worth home.

Year-over-year home sales dipped more than a third for the three months in the Panama City metro area after Hurricane Michael.

The administration is sending conflicting signals on whether it has a plan to overhaul the housing finance system, further complicating an already complex debate.

Despite a healthier economy supporting wage and income growth, the narrative that homebuyers are struggling to afford homes for sale hasn't changed much. House values are still on the rise, meaning shoppers are struggling with how much house they can afford.

Continued declines in new- and existing-home construction activity during January showed the housing slowdown was not easing and indicated possible broader economic problems to come, a BuildFax report said.

The average price for a Spokane, Wash.-area home rose to $256,000 in January, as low numbers of properties for sale continued to put pressure on prices.

The pickings are still pretty slim for homebuyers in the Buffalo-Niagara area, but that may be starting to change.