Mortgages

After a powerful winter storm dumped snow on Thurston County, Wash., in February, pending sales of single-family homes fell by a double-digit margin.

Miami-Dade would increase the cap on prices that affordable-housing developers can charge for homes built using county money or land, with administrators saying current price limits are outdated for the market.

There's plenty credit unions can do to compete with the likes of Quicken Loans' Rocket Mortgage, but sources cautioned more than technology will be needed to boost the bottom line.

Gateway Mortgage Group’s dream of being a national, diversified financial services player will hinge on its effort to turn a community bank into an online-only platform.

Home prices dipped from February — while annual growth remained suppressed — due to affordability and inventory issues, according to Quicken Loans.

Loan applications for newly constructed properties accelerated going into this year's peak home buying season, contrasting with the weakness seen in the market a year ago, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

Non-qualified mortgage-backed securities record issuance in the first quarter puts it on pace to top full-year volume predictions, according to Keefe, Bruyette & Woods.

North Texas home sales rose slightly in March, but the 1% year-over-year gain in sales of houses by real estate agents wasn't enough to erase declines earlier in the year.

Homebuilders eased back on Dallas-Fort Worth construction in the early months of 2019.

With a strong job market and low interest rates, the mortgage delinquency rate fell to its lowest January level in at least 20 years.

The bank agreed to modify loans to struggling U.S. borrowers as part of a 2017 settlement. Instead, it’s receiving credit for financing new mortgages that likely would have been made anyway.

Consumers believe softening home prices and mortgage rate declines are on the horizon, according to Fannie Mae. While these suggest positive sentiments on conditions for buyers, they signal rewards for those who wait.

HomeStreet Bank could receive nearly $190 million in total for selling $14 billion in mortgage servicing rights to New Residential and PennyMac, and selling its home loan centers to Homebridge.

Canada housing starts rebounded in March from a sluggish performance a month earlier, returning to levels more in line with demographics and highlighting the buoyancy of the nation's battered real estate market.

The commercial mortgage-backed securities delinquency rate increased for the first time since October lead by a 31-basis-point rise in late payments for loans secured by retail properties, Fitch Ratings said.

Sluggish growth in originations spurs consolidation. Keep in mind, there's more to M&A than just agreeing on a price.

Reversing a recent trend, the median sale price of a home in Southern Nevada ticked up in March, according to the Greater Las Vegas Association of Realtors.

Sacramento's home real estate market remained cool in the opening months of 2019, but there are hints a springtime buzz may be on the way.

National Mortgage News is pleased to present the full results of our 2019 Top Producers survey.

B. Riley FBR initiated equity coverage on Fannie Mae as the chances for privatization of the government-sponsored enterprises improved in a housing finance reform package.