Mortgages

The federal district court order in Mississippi allows allegations of servicer responsibility for insurance shortcomings and excessive costs to proceed.

The new state law can't ban the calls outright, but requires solicitors to disclose to mortgage consumers their identity and how they purchased the lead.

Fannie Mae increased its mortgage volume and home sales predictions, but that comes from cutting its forecasts for U.S. gross domestic product growth in 2025.

Once regulatory clarity emerges, the home equity investment space will attract more investors and potential new originators, a panel of industry experts said.

Perspective homebuyers with work visas, asylum seekers and DACA recipients seeking the government-backed mortgage will be impacted by this sweeping change.

The typical homebuyer's monthly mortgage payment reached a record high, up 5.3% year-over-year, but consumers are putting more money down, adding to equity.

The most tangible concern is in the commercial real-estate market. But the rating agency's crystal ball is cloudy when it comes to single-family home loans.

Dugan is replacing Rich Gagliano, who is moving to executive chairman after 18 months in charge of the now stand-alone mortgage technology provider.

Royal Bank of Canada executives said they plan to start originating more mortgages in the United States, and they indicated that they may ditch the City National Bank brand.

The homeowner who filed the suit claims he now owes over $160,000 in fees on a second mortgage, which was discharged in 2007.

Uncertainty is ruling the markets that are used to set mortgage rates and as a result, they remained in the same tight range since the start of the month.

Rising pessimism about how the Trump Administration is handling the economy in its early days is spreading into the housing market, a Clever RE survey found.

Here's what mortgage professionals should know about Rocket's rebranding, its $1.75B play for Redfin, dropped CFPB lawsuit and more.

The company turned to automation to address pain points it found in working with lines of credit that mortgage lenders are increasingly originating.

FHFA director Pulte called these programs inappropriate for regulated entities, which are in government conservatorship, but said others are still able to offer them.

The Federal Housing Finance Agency found the practice aimed at selling more real-estate owned homes to occupants had downsides, according to a recent order.

Government-backed lending drove an increase in purchase mortgages for a second straight week, even as interest rates failed to drive refinance activity.

Self-directed IRAs and non-recourse loans open doors to real estate investing without the restrictions of traditional financing.