Mortgages

Mortgage industry hiring and new job appointments for the week ending Aug. 25.

July home sales in the Chicago area fell 4.9% from the previous year, continuing a trend of weaker sales that began in the spring.

Lenders will not have to report data on open-ended home equity lines of credit in 2018 or 2019 if they originated fewer than 500 HELOCs the preceding year, the bureau said.

My Home is Realtor.com's attempt to compete with Zillow's Zestimate home valuation product, as it seeks to help homeowners manage their property as an investment.

After months of increasing sales and declining inventory, Rhode Island's housing market experienced a 4% sales dip in July, but strong demand pushed the median house price up by nearly 3%, to $270,000.

An unexpected decline in sales of previously owned homes last month to the lowest level since August 2016 indicates rising prices and lean inventories are impeding faster growth in the housing market.

Mortgage rates decreased for the fourth consecutive week and dropped to their lowest mark since November, according to Freddie Mac.

Fannie Mae is extending its property inspection waivers to certain purchase mortgages with large down payments.

Laurance H. Freed, a Chicago developer, has been sentenced to three years in prison and ordered to pay $825,000 in fines and restitution in connection with a double-pledging scheme.

With inventory still low, home prices continued to rise in the second quarter of 2017.

Reporting requirements for title insurers and agents have been expanded to cover more types of high-end real estate transactions, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network said.

Buying into the American dream of homeownership is getting more costly in Chattanooga.

While the national foreclosure crisis no longer commands much attention, a seven-year-old lawsuit tied to the foreclosure of a Centerville, Ohio, home continues to wind its way through the federal court system.

A decline in purchases of new homes in July may be a sign the industry took a breather following an even stronger run of sales than previously reported.

There was very little change in mortgage application activity for the second consecutive week, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

Quaint Oak Bank has acquired Premier Choice Real Estate, which specializes in selling bank-owned properties.

Growth in U.S. Bank's mortgage business is prompting a hiring spree in St. Louis, with plans for up to 200 new local jobs.

Sales slipped but prices rose in July as a short supply of homes for sale put pressure on Wisconsin's housing market.

The median price for a single-family home in Marin County, Calif., is more than $1.3 million and at that price only 17% of Marin households can afford to buy.

Home prices increased 6.6% in the second quarter from a year earlier as buyers competed for a shrinking supply of listings.