Mortgages

The housing supply shortage will continue into 2018 driving home prices higher next year than some market observers previously predicted.

The Trepp CMBS delinquency rate is now 5.18%, a decrease of three basis points from the October level; declines were limited to the industrial, multifamily and office subindexes.

Home prices in October increased by 7% year-over-year for the second consecutive month, according to CoreLogic.

Colorado's red-hot population growth rate is cooling, and while current residents may celebrate, those who are leaving in increasing numbers say they were driven away by rising housing prices, jobs that don't pay enough and traffic jams.

RCO Legal, once one of the largest foreclosure law firms in the Northwest, is shutting down permanently in December, a victim of the strong economy and housing market.

Colonial Savings founder James S. DuBose died after a yearlong battle with cancer. He was 93.

Testing of the common securitization platform is taking longer than expected, but the Federal Housing Finance Agency said it won't delay the 2019 launch of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac's new single "uniform mortgage-backed security."

Newfi Lending is now approved by Fannie Mae as a seller/subservicer and by the Federal Housing Administration as a "Full Eagle" Mortgagee.

Foreclosed and abandoned properties that had become magnets for criminal activity in Providence's Olneyville neighborhood were targeted for inclusion in Amherst Gardens, ONE Neighborhood Builders' newest development.

The lower mortgage interest deduction cap in House Republicans' tax bill would create a disincentive for existing homeowners to sell and add to already tight housing inventory concerns, according to Black Knight.

Private mortgage insurers are better positioned to weather a flatter or even inverted yield curve than other financials from an investment perspective, a report from FBR Capital Markets said.

The homeless Navigation Center that Aaron Peskin proposed for a North Beach parking lot has led to a power struggle between the supervisor and his longtime political foe, Mayor Ed Lee, who wants to use the site for affordable housing.

Buffalo's housing market is rebounding, but the recovery so far is largely confined to a handful of neighborhoods in a slice of the city, according to a consultant hired by the Brown administration.

A provision in the original Senate tax reform bill would have required companies acquiring mortgage servicing rights to pay taxes upfront for their anticipated servicing income.

A provision in the tax bill passed by the House of Representatives would only intensify the housing crunch by crippling affordable housing construction, developers and local government officials say.

Owensboro's continued place on a list of U.S. cities attracting millennial home buyers is once again attracting media attention.

Mortgage industry hiring and new job appointments for the week ending Dec. 1.

The number of closed sales rebounded after falling dramatically in September when Hurricane Irma took people out of the home-buying mood.

Mortgage servicers should be especially concerned by the rise in Telephone Consumer Protection Act lawsuits, which often hinge on whether consent to call borrowers exists or has been revoked.

Here's a look at the 10 cities where strong employment and for-sale inventory are expected to keep housing markets bustling with activity during the normally slow year-end months.