Economy

W.J. Bradley Mortgage Capital will wind down its business, after it stopped funding new mortgage loans on Sunday.

Confidence among homebuilders held in March at a nine-month low as sales prospects waned, a sign the housing market may be struggling to accelerate as the spring-selling season approaches.

Lenders are getting stingier when it comes to funding risky U.S. real estate developments, putting pressure on landlords in need of fresh funding to keep their projects afloat.

Total commercial and multifamily mortgage debt outstanding increased in the fourth quarter of 2015, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

JPMorgan Chase is preparing one of the largest private-label mortgage securitizations since the financial crisis.

We're counting down the list of this year's 300 Top Producers. Check out which loan officers made the cut in the penultimate segment of the list!

Prosper Marketplace on Monday announced a three-year agreement to offer financing to consumers making improvements to their homes through the website HomeAdvisor.com.

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac gave $186 million to the National Housing Trust Fund, their first such contributions to a fund designed to provide construction and rehabilitation of rental housing for low-income families.

The Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco is exploring ways to use $40 million it received as part of a private-label securities settlement to support small business development and job creation to help future homebuyers.

Home equity lenders are putting more loans on the books, thanks to increasing property values. But utilization rates are falling, not increasing, and older loans are paying off at a faster clip than lenders can replace them.

We're counting down the list of this year's 300 Top Producers. Check out which loan officers made the cut in the ninth segment of the list!

The American Bankers Association's mortgage subsidiary, ABA Community Bank Mortgage, has chosen BOK Financial Correspondent Lending to be its newest secondary market investor.

Single-family housing construction is set to top multifamily start for first time since the financial crisis.

Contrary to popular narrative, low interest rates are one of the reasons to be excited about the long-term outlook for housing.

We're counting down the list of this year's 300 Top Producers. Check out which loan officers made the cut in the eighth segment of the list!

Ten-X will unveil Ten-X Homes and Ten-X Commercial at the annual SXSW Interactive Festival in Austin, Texas, on Friday.

QRM clarified the rules of the road for securitizations. Now, participants in the MBS world seeking better margins are looking beyond the safe harbor — to the subprime space.

Interest rates on fixed-rate mortgages rose for the second straight week, according to Freddie Mac.

New home purchase mortgage application volume increased month-over-month in February, as mild weather and low rates encouraged a busy start to the spring buying season, the Mortgage Bankers Association said.

Home-price appreciation is a welcome development for households whose nest eggs were shattered by the residential real estate bust that began a decade ago.