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The government-sponsored enterprises have been returning to normal underwriting and are buying more loans than last year, but annual limits they have in place could become a concern.

The more gradual upward drift in job numbers this year may hint at a slight softening in the market that analysts have flagged.

Net production income was down from its peak in the third quarter of last year, but it set a survey record for the period between January and March.

Refinancings more than doubled the year-ago amount and made up for the slowed purchase activity, according to Attom Data Solutions.

Many put aside their own financial planning during the boom year of 2020 and some, as independent contractors, have no retirement savings at all. Here’s why they shouldn’t rely on selling their own companies or client lists to support themselves after they exit the workforce.

The reopening of the economy may only go so far toward reversing the intensified shift toward building in areas with longer commutes.

Scams in which a real person’s information is used to create fictitious businesses or individuals have led to $6 billion in credit losses. The Federal Reserve has developed a standard definition for synthetic identity fraud so lenders can distinguish it from traditional identity theft.

The MBA’s Market Composite Index decreased a seasonally adjusted 4% last week, dropping to a point not seen since February 2020.

Borrowers with loans secured by personal rather than real property made up 46% of manufactured housing borrowers in 2019 and of this group, only 5% used the loans to refinance.

Housing experts and advocates disagree on the biggest factor in advancing the Black homeownership rate — and that's part of the problem.