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Americans living in rentals spent almost a third of their incomes on housing in the second quarter, the highest share in recent history.

Angel Oak Home Loans has sped along its course for national expansion by adding multiple branches in North Carolina.

Wells Fargo's head of mortgage lending, Mike Heid, will retire in October. The San Francisco company will promote Franklin Codel, head of mortgage production, to succeed Heid as head of Wells Fargo Home Lending.

Consumers' growing confidence about their ability to qualify for a mortgage is generating more foot traffic, sales orders and loan volume for some of the nation's largest homebuilders.

Refinance application volume for the week ended Aug. 7 reached its highest level since the end of May, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

Real estate brokers deserve a slice of mortgage revenue, but marketing services agreements are not the way to give it to them.

Housing demand and prices in urban centers is growing at a faster pace than the overall market, according to the newest quarterly report from Fitch Ratings.

Home shoppers in San Francisco needed incomes of $267,780 to become owners of a typical house in the second quarter as prices soared to a record.

Homeowners and appraisers are getting farther apart on their perceptions of housing values, according to Quicken Loans.

Home prices rose in the vast majority of U.S. metro areas in the second quarter, according to the National Association of Realtors.

The Department of Housing and Urban Development fined two Texas lenders for charging bogus fees to borrowers purchasing manufactured housing.

Austin First Mortgage uses a combination of internal and customer-facing marketing technologies to keep borrowers are engaged and informed throughout the loan process.

Freddie Mac has appointed Arbor Commercial Mortgage as its latest seniors housing lender, the Uniondale, N.Y.-based mortgage company said Monday.

Impac Mortgage Holdings reported an increase in second-quarter profit, citing higher gains on the sale of loans.

LoanDepot has introduced home equity loans to its list of marketplace lending products.

PennyMac Mortgage Financial Services reported a rise in income on higher servicing and origination revenue.

M&T Bank's disclosure that it is in settlement talks with the Justice Department for not complying with underwriting guidelines on FHA loans has renewed fears that more lenders will be targeted.

United Wholesale Mortgage has introduced software to help brokers and correspondents close loans faster.

Essent Guaranty did $7.23 billion of new insurance written in the second quarter, the second highest volume in the company's brief existence.

Consumers have soured on the housing market as more people hold a negative perspective regarding their personal finances and the overall economy, Fannie Mae reported in its July 2015 National Housing Survey.