Mortgages

A labor shortage is costing the market tens of thousands of new homes per year, and tariff uncertainty is adding thousands of dollars in expenses per unit.

The pace of revenue growth slowed toward the end of 2024, with the trend continuing into the first three months of this year, NAHB reported.

Capital One closed the deal to buy the credit card provider in May and as part of the review process, decided to exit its home equity lending business.

The 10 basis point decline in the 30-year fixed mortgage was the most since March and the first time rates are below 6.7% since April, Freddie Mac said.

Nonbank payrolls rose incrementally during the homebuying season as home-loan borrowing costs trended lower and a housing regulator sought to influence Fed policy.

Kevin Wall abruptly left his job at one of the largest title underwriters to head up the nation's fifth largest holding company in the field.

The market for buy-before-you-sell financing Flyhomes helped pioneer has developed to include new entrants, but it also is seeing sluggish buyer demand.

Newrez is suing Shellpoint Mortgage Servicing LLC for using a name that looks like one it has utilized as a d/b/a, which it says has caused confusion.

The inability or unwillingness to make needed renovations affects mortgage servicers by diminishing the value of their real estate collateral for the loan.

A Consumer Financial Protection Bureau "waives any alleged noncompliance" by the mortgage company while continuing to dole out redress to borrowers.