Originations

Current affordability challenges appear to have spurred the Department of Housing and Urban Development affiliate to rectify a concern dating back to 1990.

Affordability is the No. 1 concern of millennials and Gen Zers, and that is also affecting views expressed in Fannie Mae's Home Purchase Sentiment Index.

Attorneys suggest the agency will file more claims against mortgage firms as a statute of limitations from a $3 billion Deutsche Bank settlement approaches.

Even though the average for the 30-year fixed loan declined for the second straight week, a buoyant economy will affect future movements, Freddie Mac said.

Purchase-loan activity dropped again to its most subdued level in close to three decades, while refinances saw their smallest numbers in eight months, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

The reduction in employment followed a rise in rates this summer, but hiring has generally been stable since spring.

But some of the noise beneath the data suggests a possible transition might be underway, according to analysts.

Its Encompass Lending unit will move into Austin as well as add to its Dallas-Fort Worth presence.

Talk from the Federal Reserve about potentially hiking short-term rates again impacted longer-term bond yields.

The recently slimmed-down company named Chief Operating Officer Danya Sawyer as the interim successor to the former Wall Street executive.