Economy

Incenter Mortgage Advisors is brokering on behalf of an unnamed mortgage banker an almost $10 billion mortgage servicing rights package that includes $870 million in loans with hurricane exposure.

Building off the success of policy changes in 2016, there are now even more ways for mortgage lenders to help student loan borrowers become homeowners.

Toronto housing prices fell for a fourth month in September as sales remained sluggish, particularly in the detached-home segment that has borne the brunt of the correction in Canada's biggest city.

Baltimore homeowners who sold their property last year didn't get much of a return on their investment — just $5,000 more than they paid, according to a new report from Zillow.

Title insurance underwriter FNF Group broadened its offerings to real estate brokers through the purchase of a majority interest in SkySlope, which operates a digital real estate transaction management platform.

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac's regulator may have a travel kerfuffle of his own.

Home prices increased strongly both year-over-year and month-over-month in August, and are expected to continue rising.

Home sales in greater Hartford perked up in August, but prices paid dipped the most for any month so far this year, a new report shows, as potential buyers remained cautious about making purchases.

Alarmed by a steadily worsening housing crisis, San Jose’s mayor has proposed construction of 25,000 residential units over the next five years in the Bay Area’s largest city.

CMG Financial is trying out a platform that gives borrowers the ability to raise funds for down payments in conjunction with Fannie Mae loans.

After the FSOC voted to rescind its systemic designation for AIG, it's unclear whether the interagency council will continue to appeal a court ruling overturning MetLife's SIFI designation.

Competition in other areas of consumer lending has driven both VantageScore and FICO to build credit scoring models that are more accurate and more consumer-friendly. Permitting that competition in the mortgage market can increase certainty for lenders and transparency for investors.

The majority of borrowers impacted by Hurricane Harvey have a significant amount of equity, while many in Hurricane Irma disaster areas have limited or negative equity, according to Black Knight Financial Services.

The tight rental market in Santa Fe, N.M., has always been an issue with those looking to work in the city or relocate here.

The Federal Housing Finance Agency's Duty to Serve program must increase manufactured housing lending in rural communities.

Seattle has been leading the country in home price increases for a while. Now, no other region is even close.

The share of purchase and refinance loans originated by nonbanks are at their highest point since at least 1995, according to an analysis of new Home Mortgage Disclosure Act data.

Ginnie Mae will more closely examine liquidity at all issuers in response to complaints by the HUD inspector general that it would be vulnerable to defaults at nonbanks it does business with.

Consumer views on the economy and finances are not to blame for the retreat in existing-home sales in four of the past five months, according to the National Association of Realtors.

California appears unlikely to be able to build enough homes in the coming years to put a meaningful dent in skyrocketing housing prices triggered by a shortage of affordable dwellings.