Economy

The Mortgage Bankers Association's annual servicing conference opened with a plea from Quicken Loans CEO Bill Emerson for executives to remember their duty beyond collecting loan payments from borrowers.

A rally in a growing type of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac securities is vindicating Invesco Mortgage Capital Inc.'s decision to be a big player in the market.

A new service has been launched that assists consumers who were previously turned down for a mortgage or need help building their credit.

Mortgage sales people need to make an honest assessment of why a loan application failed to close.

The Sunshine State's housing market looked a bit brighter in January thanks to inventory stabilization and higher median prices, according to data released by Florida Realtors.

The founders of FBC Mortgage have agreed to take over the mortgage lender as part of Stifel Financial's purchase of Sterne, Agee & Leach.

Home prices in 20 U.S. cities appreciated at a faster pace in the year ended in December, a sign that a limited supply is forcing up property values.

With the economy recovering, Chris Hurn saw an opportunity to start another company focused on Small Business Administration 504 loans — his longtime specialty — and spread the word to business owners about the benefits of owning their facilities.

Home prices fell slightly in December, keeping values down by more than 10% from the peak reached before the crisis, according to a monthly report from Black Knight Financial Services.

Financial services firm Radian Group has hired Clifford Rossi to be its chief economist and senior vice president.

You'll need to earn more in San Francisco than throughout the rest of the country to afford a median-priced home.

The Real Estate Roundtable's quarterly Sentiment Index dipped slightly during the first quarter of 2015.

Sales of previously owned homes fell more than expected in January as a tight supply forced up prices, showing the residential real estate market faces an uneven recovery.

Ocwen Financial has tentatively agreed to sell a mortgage-servicing portfolio on $9.8 billion of loans to Nationstar Mortgage Holdings, and Ocwen hinted that more deals may be in the offing.

Recent court decisions against Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac shareholders have put to rest the notion that the two mortgage giants exist as anything but instrumentalities of the U.S. government, according to a report by Kroll Bond Rating Agency.

NMI Holdings, the parent company of National Mortgage Insurance Corp., reported a net loss again in the fourth quarter as it saw growth in new insurance written.

The number of new households being formed has finally recovered post-recession, according to a new study from the University of Southern California.

San Francisco's much-maligned Housing Authority is getting out of the management business.

California has delivered less than half of $2 billion in federal aid to help victims of the housing crash.

Prospects have improved for homebuyers who were frozen out of the American dream by investors who plunked down cash to buy houses in distressed markets.