Economy

Interest rates for mortgages decreased from July to August, according to the most recent data from the Federal Housing Finance Agency.

Bayview and Freddie Mac believe they can provide a stable funding supply to underserved to owners of small commercial properties.

Ginnie Mae's plans to beef up oversight in response to the growth of nonbank issuers in its ranks will emphasize deeper analysis of firms' capital and liquidity positions rather than requiring issuers to maintain larger cash reserves.

Freddie Mac has taken out another reinsurance policy that transfers the risk that mortgages it insures will default.

Home prices in 20 U.S. cities rose 5% in July from the same month a year earlier, propelled by improving demand and limited supply.

The country's largest real estate investors have bought a record $3.85 billion in property this year in the New York city borough and spent more than any other foreign country in the last decade.

The most recent outcry came from four housing groups that warned lawmakers last week that the proposal by the Federal Housing Finance Agency "would make harmful changes" to the FHLB membership rules.

A development team that includes a real estate investment arm of JPMorgan Chase is offering the ultra-wealthy a rare opportunity to build mansions bigger than the White House on a hillside overlooking Los Angeles.

Home prices nationwide rose 0.4% from June to July, according to Black Knight Financial Services.

In this slowing economic recovery, the housing market is showing signs of resilience but still faces long-term challenges, according to a report from Stifel Nicolaus & Co.

Fannie Mae has completed a credit risk sharing transaction that transfers the actual losses on mortgages it insures — to reinsurers.

Fifth Third's mortgage division has launched the Community Reinvestment Mortgage Special, a program designed to cover closing costs for mortgage customers buying or refinancing homes in low-income areas.

Contract signings to purchase previously owned homes unexpectedly declined in August for just the second time this year, signaling residential real estate might have difficulty building on recent momentum.

Roughly 60% of borrowers who used a mortgage to buy a home in Des Moines during the first half of 2015 were aged 25 to 34.

Fannie Mae will be facing more competition in the HFA market as Freddie Mac and the FHLBs become more active.

In the communities hardest hit by the housing crisis, some credit policy loosening will be needed to help the recovery, according to Pro Teck Valuation Services.

Get ready for a wave of takeovers of U.S. publicly traded landlords.

Title agents nationwide are optimistic about the potential for an increase in home prices, according to First American Financial.

Sales of single-family homes and condos are on pace to reach an eight-year high this year, according to RealtyTrac's U.S. Home Sales Report for August.

Officials signaled that Hudson City Savings Bank's nearly $33 million settlement over redlining charges is only the first in what is likely to be a string of other cases.