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White Mountains Insurance Group has agreed to provide up to $13 million in capital to OneTitle National Guaranty Co. in exchange for a minority equity position.

The risk of mortgage lenders being victimized by fraud increased during the first quarter as economic conditions nationwide shift, according to a report from Interthinx.

Home prices, including distressed sales, rose year-over-year by 5.9% in March, according to CoreLogic.

Appraisal management company Solidifi has acquired national loan settlement services provider Southwest Financial Services.

For all the talk about an economic and housing recovery, homeownership remains out of reach for a third of Americans, a new report from Zillow found.

The share of owner-occupant single-family home and condo buyers fell to a new low, according to RealtyTrac.

March featured the largest monthly decline in the mortgage delinquency rate in nine years, according to Black Knight Financial Services.

The Federal Housing Administration Single Family Housing Policy Handbook will now come into effect on Sept. 14, the Department of Housing and Urban Development announced Friday.

Continuing its strong performance from the previous quarter, LendingTree reported record revenue in both its mortgage and non-mortgage lead generation business for the first quarter.

Patricia Goldstein, the commercial real estate finance pioneer, veteran workout banker and mentor of many of today's top female executives, died Thursday in Highland Beach, Fla. She was 69.

Prospective homebuyers may be confident about what it takes to buy a home, but a recent survey indicates most struggle with basic concepts of the mortgage process.

Mortgage interest rates rose during the week thanks to increases in home values and sales as well as slower-than-expected economic growth, Freddie Mac said.

Though home prices have started to rise, new home construction has remained low as builders have struggled to gain momentum due to shortages of materials, developed lots and skilled labor.

Housing and the mortgage industry are every bit as important to the U.S. as the national transportation or healthcare systems.

As more millennials enter the housing market, mortgage bankers continue to stress improved technology as a needed element in efforts to win these consumers, according to a member survey by Lenders One Mortgage Cooperative.

A House subcommittee approved a bill Wednesday that would redirect money from an affordable housing fund that receives money from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac into another program run by HUD.

Mortgage application activity fell once again as refinance volume dropped to its lowest level since September 2014, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association's Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey.

The number of Americans who signed contracts in March to buy previously owned homes climbed after the biggest increase in more than four years, a sign for further progress in the housing recovery.

With the housing market and fundamentals showing signs of health, investors may want to begin turning their focus from commercial to residential real estate, according to analysts at William Blair.

Flagstar Bancorp beat expectations as it reported stronger mortgage volume in the first quarter.