Economy

Eastern Union Funding has lowered its fee cap $135,000 on loans for stabilized properties.

North Dakota and Texas have the highest risk that home prices will decline among all states, because of their reliance on the oil industry, according to Arch Mortgage Insurance.

A new crop of P-to-P loan platforms is focusing on commercial real estate loans that get ignored by banks.

Mortgage professionals brave enough to bring mortgage fraud to light deserve the same level of protections as workers in other businesses, rather than be subjected to a patchwork of laws designed for other industries.

The home sales market may be ready to trend upward, based on consumers' responses in a recent Fannie Mae survey.

Mortgage rates for 30-year loans fell for the first time in three weeks as investors worried about political and financial turmoil in Greece and China turned to the relative safety of American debt.

The mortgage real estate investment trust sector is diversifying as margin compression and bank apprehension changes market dynamics, according to reports from Kroll Bond Ratings and Fitch Ratings.

Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and Common Securitization Solutions have created an industry group tasked with providing feedback and sharing information on the creation of a uniform residential mortgage-backed security.

Seattle has become the latest West Coast hot spot for homebuyers, from Chinese emigrees to technology workers, sending home prices to a record in an area renowned for its clean air, mountain ranges and lakes.

Borrowing costs for U.S. homebuyers may be falling again, thanks to Greece's woes, but not as much as they could be.

Californians are back in the home purchase market and forming households again thanks to an improving economy and an increase in job growth, according to the California Association of Realtors.

The Federal Housing Finance Agency wants to exclude mortgage REITs from membership in the Federal Home Loan Banks. That would be a major setback for the entry-level borrowers who depend on mortgage REITs for sustainable home-financing options.

Allowing real estate investment trusts to bridge the capital need for affordable housing could help de-escalate a rising public funding crisis.

Deutsche Bank, Jefferies and UBS have set final pricing terms on $1.35 billion in commercial mortgage bonds, according to a regulatory filing.

The Supreme Court's recent ruling that the disparate impact theory of liability can be applied to the Fair Housing Act means mortgage lenders must be even more vigilant in their ongoing testing and evaluation of business practices that could be interpreted as even unintentional discrimination.

A survey of mortgage lending executives conducted by mortgage insurance company Genworth found that most executives believe that a disconnect exists between lenders and borrowers on who qualifies for a mortgage.

The latest estimates of nonbank mortgage lender employment mark the largest number of workers since November 2013, and the biggest monthly hiring gain in six months.

The delinquency rate on commercial mortgage-backed securities rose from May to June, according to Trepp's monthly report.

U.S. regulators have told Royal Bank of Scotland Group it could pay as much as $13 billion if it loses a lawsuit over its handling of mortgage securities.

Mortgage rates rose, sending the average for 30-year loans to the highest since October.