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"The allegations of discrimination and predatory practices raised by the reporting are obviously very concerning to the bureau," a CFPB official said Tuesday.

Mortgage application defects reached a record low in November, according to First American Financial Corp.

RAIT Financial Trust said it closed on its fifth commercial real estate collateralized loan obligation.

Technology hubs overlapped with the nation's hottest housing markets in 2015, according to a ranking by online brokerage Redfin.

Surging prices have almost closed off the new-home market to young buyers like Brandon and Quincey Lindemann. But the Denver-area couple has found a way in.

Home values in 20 U.S. cities rose at a faster pace in the year ended October as lean inventories of available properties combined with steadily improving demand.

The strong recovery in commercial real estate has enabled borrowers to resolve a lot of problem loans made before the financial crisis, but Fitch Ratings continues to expect no recoveries from "hope notes."

Manhattan's luxury-home market is losing its luster.

Changes to the tax code approved by Congress may set the stage for increased privatization of real estate investment trusts, according to a new report from Fitch Ratings.

Property Assessed Clean Energy loans have been available in Florida since 2010, but lending, as well as securitization of these loans, has lagged far behind California largely due to a series of lawsuits challenging the program's validity.

Interest rates on fixed-rate mortgages remained largely unchanged this week, according to Freddie Mac.

Bill de Blasio's plan to create apartments for New York's poor and middle class has come under fire from community leaders who say that what developers and the mayor call "affordable" remains out of reach for those in need.

Senior citizens' equity in their homes rose by about $147 billion to $5.76 trillion, from the second quarter to the third quarter, according to the National Reverse Mortgage Lenders Association.

The price of the loans underlying commercial mortgage-backed securities increased modestly from October to November, according to DebtX.

The rising number of Chinese buying U.S. homes could be a boon for investors with a stake in residential mortgages.

New homes sold at a slower pace than projected in November, a sign momentum in housing is cooling as the year draws to a close.

Mortgage applications increased 7.3% on a seasonally adjusted basis for the week ending Dec. 18, compared to a week earlier, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

Existing-home sales plummeted in November confirming fears in the mortgage industry that a new consumer disclosure rule is delaying mortgage closings.

Vestin Realty Mortgage I Inc. in Las Vegas said it will seek to remove its common stock from trading on Nasdaq.

Sales of previously owned homes slumped in November to the lowest level since April of last year as a change in industry rules lengthened the amount of time it took buyers to close on a deal.