Mortgages

U.S. home prices are surging to new records. Homebuilder stocks last year outperformed all other groups. And bears? They're now an endangered species.

The government shutdown and Congress' inability to reauthorize the National Flood Insurance Program could delay some home sales and loan closings.

Hurricane Irma made a dent on home sales in the Naples, Fla., area in the final months of 2017.

The changes created by tax reform will be a mixed influence on housing as consumers will have more to spend to buy a property, but lose other benefits of homeownership.

In 2017, Spokane County reported the second-highest number of home sales in 30 years.

Weak profits and the threat of false claims charges are keeping banks out of the market for loans guaranteed by the Federal Housing Administration and the Department of Veterans Affairs.

Here's a look at what happens at five federal agencies that support the mortgage industry during a government shutdown.

A bill passed by the House would raise the threshold that allows smaller banks and credit unions to avoid expanded Home Mortgage Disclosure Act requirements imposed by a 2015 rule.

Ocwen Financial is receiving a lump-sum payment of $280 million from New Residential under the latest restructuring of the mortgage servicing rights sale.

In the nation's hottest housing markets, inventory shortage has reached crisis levels, according to Zillow.

Baton Rouge-area home sales dropped by 16% in November from the year before, the result of continued tough comparisons with the sales gains resulting from the August 2016 flood.

The metro Albuquerque housing market closed out 2017 on a high note, according to the Greater Albuquerque Association of Realtors.

Mortgage industry hiring and new job appointments for the week ending Jan. 19.

Senate negotiators are working on a bill that would place Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac into receivership and replace them with multiple mortgage guarantors, according to sources.

Foreclosure filings were reported on 676,535 properties nationwide in 2017, marking the lowest level of foreclosure activity since 2005.

Craig Phillips, a top aide to Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, said his department "broadly" agrees with the FHFA plan, which would return Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to the private market and provide them an explicit government guarantee.

With rents rising and homeownership rates still low, here's a look at eight reasons why more renters may want to become homeowners.

If Amazon wants to locate its HQ2 in the most-affordable spot for housing, there's an obvious choice: Pittsburgh.

Radian Group has improved the capital cushion at its mortgage insurance subsidiary through enhanced reinsurance arrangements and providing cash and marketable securities.

The number of homes available for sale contracted in December 2017, suggesting inventory shortages will persist as higher rates discourage homeowners from moving.