Mortgages

Homeowners can tap into more home equity than ever before, but deciding between a home equity line of credit and cash out refinance mortgage has gotten more complicated following recently passed tax reforms.

Oahu's 2017 housing market finished strong with gains in both condominium and single-family home sales and median prices, and experts from the real estate industry expect the momentum to continue this year.

Situs agreed Friday to buy mortgage servicing rights valuation and brokerage firm MountainView Financial Solutions in a deal set to close this month.

Jeanne D'Arc Credit Union has begun thanking home buyers for their business by throwing housewarming parties for them once the process is complete.

Two major shopping centers in Keene, N.H., are scheduled for sale at foreclosure auctions in January, according to ads taken out by an auction company.

MountainView is brokering a nonrecourse $3.5 billion package of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac mortgage servicing rights on behalf of an unnamed seller.

Refinance volume fueled recent market gains by nonbank mortgage originators. But lower volume amid the shift to purchase lending has nonbanks trimming headcounts and may position banks to recapture market share.

Home prices are rising much faster than incomes in San Antonio and around the U.S. — but a prominent national economist said he's confident we aren't heading into another housing bubble.

Mortgage industry hiring and new job appointments for the week ending Jan. 5.

Technology-focused mortgage lender loanDepot has created another joint venture with a homebuilder, this time with AV Homes.

Manhattan home resales fell in the fourth quarter as buyers wavered ahead of the expected tax overhaul and stood firm in their refusal to overpay.

The recently enacted tax reform bill is likely to encourage more consumers to rent instead of buy and tamp down the rapid rise in home prices.

Mayor Keisha Bottoms said housing affordability, transparency, public safety, education, and transportation are priorities.

Toronto's housing market continues to cool as prices fell last month and the supply of homes for sale spiked ahead of new stress-test rules that went into effect this week.

Millennials who want affordable home prices in an urban market may want to check out the Gem City.

Genworth Financial's acquisition by a Chinese insurance company, which has already been delayed several times, might be in peril following the failure of another cross-border merger to gain approval.

Mortgage rates dropped to start the year as the markets had little new news to react on during the holiday period.

Sen. Sherrod Brown called on the Trump administration to support the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's enforcement action against PHH Corp., which agreed to a $45 million settlement this week related to foreclosure abuses.

Behind a tall iron fence lies one of the most unusual gated communities in Tampa Bay. And within that lies the most expensive and unusual bank-owned house for sale between Crystal River and Sarasota.

Dallas-area home prices are at record levels but are rising at a slower rate than in recent years.