Economy

Fannie Mae's involvement in institutional single-family rental financing bodes well for that market's potential growth, says Investability Real Estate's Chief Revenue Officer Dennis Cisterna.

The next single-asset CMBS to hit the market is backed by the land under an iconic Manhattan address known as the Lipstick Building.

Essent Group Ltd., the Hamilton, Bermuda-based parent of Essent Guaranty, reported first-quarter net income of $66.6 million.

Driving the streets of Mitchell, S.D., and seeing for-sale signs throughout the city, Jesse Stroud is confident he'll find his next home soon.

With double-digit price appreciation returning to some Bay Area markets, we're used to hearing that the region's homeowners are a lucky bunch, richer by the minute.

Employment in the mortgage sector rose for the first time in three months in March, driven by an increase in loan broker hires.

Fannie Mae said it expects to make a $2.8 billion dividend payment to the U.S. Treasury in June after reporting a first-quarter profit driven by a relatively stable mortgage market and a continued decline in delinquencies.

Seasonal factors contributed to an 89,000-unit increase in the number of seriously delinquent properties in the first quarter from the fourth quarter of 2016.

Despite an effort by the Trump administration to defund government aid for community development financial institutions, the Senate approved a budget deal that included $258 million in funding for the CDFI fund.

You can't blame a homeowner in Fresno, Calif., for viewing the thriving metropolis to its northwest with both envy and dismay.

Real estate finance advisory services and technology provider Situs has purchased The Collingwood Group, a Washington advisory group staffed largely by former government mortgage agency officials.

As Nationstar Mortgage Holdings finalizes plans to change its name to Mr. Cooper, the nonbank lender and servicer is exploring options to part ways with Xome, the settlement services and real estate business it rebranded less than two years ago.

A multimillion-dollar incentive program announced by the state Wednesday will offer financial assistance to recent college graduates looking to buy homes in Oneonta and seven other upstate New York cities.

Despite the run-up in home prices in recent years, the values of most South Florida properties haven't returned to the heady days of the housing bubble, a new report shows.

Late payments on loans securing commercial mortgage-backed securities rose in April as borrowers failed to make balloon payments on maturing loans.

Citing a pattern of "bad-faith harassment, retaliation and fraud" against rent-controlled tenants, a San Francisco Superior Court Judge has ordered a landlord to pay the city nearly $2.4 million in penalties for violations of state housing law.

No surprise here — a new study says that the housing recession is in Dallas-Fort Worth's rear view mirror.

Freddie Mac's serious delinquency rate dropped below 1% for the first time since 2008, lending credence to its efforts to expand credit access.

Floridians will see smaller tax cuts this year than earlier plans envisioned, but voters will have a chance to give some homeowners a property tax break by increasing the homestead exemption.

For Twin Cities real estate agents, the gravy train was easy to catch.