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Mortgage credit availability went up yet again in February amidst an expansion in access to government loans.

Most millennials who don't own a home plan to buy one in the next five years, but many of those would-be buyers may not be saving enough for their purchase.

More consumers are looking to buy a home than ever before. And while new home sales are indeed picking up — data from the U.S. Census Bureau showed January's new home sales rate was 5.6% higher than a year earlier — new home construction still remains well below its pre-recession peak.

The median sales price for a single-family house on Oahu climbed in February to the second-highest level ever at $755,000.

The Houston-area housing market saw gains for the fifth consecutive month in February as buyers closed on 4,933 single-family homes.

Mortgage interest rates increased 11 basis points over the previous week, reaching their highest level so far in 2017, according to Freddie Mac.

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Most lenders' quality control headaches were triggered by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's Truth in Lending Act-Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act integrated disclosure rule.

Ellie Mae has introduced a new online retail loan origination platform and a new portal for the tools and documentation supporting its Application Programming Interfaces.

Stewart Information Services Corp. is broadening its network of independent agencies.