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Existing home sales remained flat to begin 2017, as challenges crop up for the housing market in the year ahead, online marketplace Ten-X reported.

The Mortgage Bankers Association unveiled a new housing finance reform plan on Tuesday designed to kick-start congressional discussions over what to do with Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

A federal appeals court ruled Monday that the Treasury Department will have to hand over more documents to investors of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac related to its profit sweep of the two government-sponsored enterprises.

PHH Corp. is opposing an attempt by Democratic attorneys general in 16 states and the District of Columbia to intervene in an appeals court case that found the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's structure was unconstitutional.

With home values — and interest rates — rising, homeowners finally seem ready to tap into their homes' equity to fund long-delayed home-improvement projects.

Home prices increased 5.7% year over year in November, Black Knight Financial Services reported.

Contracts to buy previously owned homes rebounded last month as buyers adjusted to the recent jump in mortgage rates, according to the National Association of Realtors.

Home Point Financial Corp. will buy Stonegate Mortgage Corp. in an all-cash deal valued at roughly $211 million.

The new presidential administration has signaled its aim is to pass legislation altering the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's governing and funding structures, rather than do away with it altogether.

Seattle-based online real estate brokerage Redfin is creating a mortgage bank subsidiary in a bid to offer end-to-end real estate services.