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The management team at Bank of the Ozarks knows it has a dependency on commercial real estate. But they assert that sound underwriting, and efforts to diversify, are what really matters when assessing risk.

Just 2.8 million borrowers remain in negative equity, a 13% decrease year-over-year, according to Black Knight Financial Services.

Late payments on securitized commercial mortgages moved noticeably higher in June, as several large loans failed to pay off at maturity.

Refinance requests have skyrocketed due to falling mortgage rates after voters in the United Kingdom voted to leave the European Union, according to Zillow.

Manhattan renters left their apartments in search of better deals last month, pushing back against landlord price increases and taking advantage of a flood of new choices on the market.

Calling the crazy-idea department…a U.S. Bancorp-branded bus is more than halfway through a cross-country, social-media-tracked journey to promote community development and alter its profile. It's an example of the new style of reputation-oriented marketing being pursued by banks.

Home purchase sentiment has fallen as more people have turned negative on the economy's outlook, according to Fannie Mae.

Millions of Americans lost their homes to foreclosures or short sales during the housing crisis. Fortunately for the economy, time heals most wounds — and credit reports.

Female millennial mortgage borrowers are far more likely than their male counterparts to be single, according to Ellie Mae.

A noted upper midtown Manhattan retail center that sold last month for $525 million is among several high-end retail, shopping and hotel resort properties JPMorgan is including in its latest commercial mortgage securitization.

The amount of money that foreign homebuyers spent on U.S. real estate fell to a three-year low as the strengthening dollar and rising property prices cut into affordability.

Total multifamily and commercial mortgage originations are expected to decrease from last year's levels because of economic uncertainty, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

Home prices registered an average year-over-year gain of 5.9% in May, according to CoreLogic's Home Price Index.

Melissa Suniga and her mother had been renting a three-bedroom Phoenix house for less than a year when their landlord, Blackstone Group's Invitation Homes, gave them the chance to buy it.

The scheme is used by borrowers who don't have enough income to qualify for a regular mortgage, so they apply for a higher rate non-owner-occupied loan.

Berkshire Hills Bancorp is buying a bank with a national mortgage platform. The company hopes the business will provide a much-needed lift in fee income.

While the housing market remains on solid ground, issues with affordability and inventory are causing the momentum of existing home sales to slow, online marketplace Ten-X reported.

Orlando, Fla., got a good dose of good news as Freddie Mac reported that the city's housing market posted the biggest year-over-year gains in April.

Nonperforming loan investors will have to consider principal reductions and offer more sustainable loan modifications.

Cornerstone Real Estate Advisers, an asset manager owned by Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance, agreed to buy ACRE Capital Holdings in a bet on multifamily loans.