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The Dallas area had one of the biggest home price increases on record in 2014.

Mortgage professional hiring and new job appointments for the week ending Jan. 23.

A new forecast from Freddie Mac suggests that mortgage rates will remain stable for the first two quarters of 2015.

Purchases of previously owned homes rose less than forecast in December as higher prices limited sales to first-time buyers.

The traditional method of measuring mortgage denials is fundamentally flawed. But by evaluating not just the quantity, but also the quality of mortgage applicants, the denial rate picture becomes more clear.

LRES, a property valuation firm in Orange, Calif., has acquired Lenders Choice, an appraisal management company in Tulsa, Okla.

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Top housing economists don’t think an Oil Patch slowdown will result in a weaker national housing market.

Apartments were the hottest commercial properties in the Greater Seattle area last year, with buyers collectively spending more on such assets than on the higher-profile office buildings.

Mortgage rates declined for the third straight week, with lenders on average offering 3.63 percent on a 30-year fixed loan, Freddie Mac reported Thursday.

This isn't the kind of non-qualified mortgage securitization that investors have been clamoring for.

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Mortgage rates near record lows, an improving job market and gradually easing credit standards will converge to make it the best year for home construction since 2007, say economists.

Home prices rose more than economists estimated in November, a sign job growth is helping to boost housing demand.

Freedom Mortgage will hire 500 additional employees to accommodate an anticipated increase in Federal Housing Administration refinance and purchase transactions.

Earnings at Discover Financial Services plunged by 33% in the fourth quarter, largely due to a charge tied to the firm's mortgage business and a previously announced revision to its flagship credit card program.

Hearing arguments in Texas case, Justice Scalia and others were skeptical that the controversial legal theory used in fair housing cases should be invalidated.

Five Star Bank is the latest financial institution to settle claims that it avoided lending to minorities. More redlining cases can be expected, industry experts say.

Julian Castro, secretary of housing and urban development, said 2015 will be a year of "housing opportunity" as the economy continues its rebound.

Yields on government-backed mortgage securities that guide U.S. home-loan rates widened to the most relative to Treasuries in almost three months as refinancing soars amid lower borrowing costs.