Mortgage rates

Mortgage rates dropped for the second consecutive week, although the yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury actually increased during the period, according to Freddie Mac.

Federal Reserve officials said they would begin running off their $4.5 trillion balance sheet “relatively soon” and left their benchmark policy rate unchanged as they assess progress toward their inflation goal.

Loan application volume increased 0.4% from one week earlier, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association, as rates fell to their lowest level in three weeks.

The housing market is stabilizing near 10-year highs, according to government data Wednesday that showed sales of new homes were slightly less than forecast.

Mortgage rates moved back below 4%, pushed by last week's weak economic data report, according to Freddie Mac.

Mortgage loan application volume increased 6.3% last week as interest rates remained flat after a sharp gain during the previous 14-day period, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

Mortgage rates rose across the board for the second consecutive week, with the 30-year fixed-rate loan moving over 4%, according to Freddie Mac.

Rising mortgage rates hurt both refinance and purchase application activity as volume decreased 7.4% from one week earlier, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

Broker John Pasalis knew Canada’s hottest housing market was cooling but an email from desperate sellers showed him just how bad it was.

As expected, mortgage rates had their largest week-over-week increase since March as yields on the 10-year Treasury moved sharply higher, according to Freddie Mac.

Mortgage rates this week reached their lowest level so far in 2017, but are highly likely to increase over the next few days, according to Freddie Mac.

Homebuyers went on a shopping spree in Miami-Dade in May — and snapped up enough houses to set a new record.

Mortgage rates remained at their 2017 lows as ongoing economic uncertainty is affecting loan pricing, according to Freddie Mac.

The purchase mortgage share increased 15 percentage points in the first five months of 2017 to 68% of all closed loans in May, according to Ellie Mae.

A pickup in sales of previously owned homes signals the housing market is making progress despite inventory constraints that are sending prices to all-time highs.

Federal Reserve Vice Chairman Stanley Fischer said a long period of low interest rates may have contributed to "high and rising" home prices in several countries, cautioning against forgetting the lessons of the 2007-09 housing crisis.

From the Trump administration's initial efforts at reg relief and GSE reform to dramatic shifts in the servicing landscape, here's a look back at the top stories shaping the mortgage industry during the first half of 2017.

Homebuilders might be starting to feel some pressures of scarce labor and rising prices as sentiment slipped to a four-month low in June.

Mortgage rates increased for the first time in over a month, but the increase might be short-lived, according to Freddie Mac.

Federal Reserve officials forged ahead with an interest-rate increase and additional plans to tighten monetary policy despite growing concerns over weak inflation.