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Employment at nonbank mortgage banking and brokerage firms was steady in August, ending a six-month run of job gains.

Reven Housing REIT in La Jolla, Calif., plans to raise about $29 million through a direct public offering.

Thirty-year fixed-rate mortgages averaged 3.85% during the week ending Oct. 1 — merely a one-basis-point decrease from last week.

The long-delayed approval of the merger of M&T and Hudson City should have been a bright spot in postcrisis M&A, but a small footnote from the Fed quickly reminded bankers that dealmaking will remain a demanding process.

American Finance Trust, a commercial mortgage real estate investment trust, plans to securitize a $649.5 million loan that is secured by 268 single-tenant properties, according to Standard & Poor's.

The Federal Housing Finance Agency is planning to issue a final rule in the next 12 months to require Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to better serve underserved markets, including manufactured housing, the agency said Thursday.

In a quarter that saw a rout in global stocks, commodities and major currencies, at least one investment stayed hot: Manhattan apartments.

Loans that underlie commercial mortgage-backed securities fell in price from July to August, according to DebtX.

The rate of mortgage applications dropped 6.7% in the week ending Sept. 25, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

The Asian Real Estate Association of America has launched a two-year partnership with Radian Group's mortgage insurance unit.

A bipartisan group of housing experts is seeking to inject more discussion about the mortgage market into presidential campaigns.

Existing-home sales are predicted to increase this month after an unexpected August drop, according to Auction.com's latest Real Estate Nowcast.

The key to housing finance reform is a new securitization model that allows the private sector to price and absorb the majority of housing credit risk.

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.

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.

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.