Mortgages

The nonbank lender and servicer's long-awaited rebrand comes along with wholesale changes across its entire operation to better emphasize the customer experience.

Cash deals are by no means dead, but they aren't dominating the South Florida housing market the way they once did.

California's high housing costs are driving poor and middle income people out of their housing like never before. While some are fleeing coastal areas for cheaper living inland, others are leaving the state altogether.

The gulf between those at the upper ends of the wealth ladder and lower-income Americans has worsened markedly since the financial crisis, despite the trillions of subsidies that taxpayers provide for housing.

Though potential homeownership demand declined moderately between 2015 and 2016, the underlying fundamentals for demand remained positive.

Freddie Mac has gotten the green light for its appraisal alternative for purchase loans, and has released information about how similar automated collateral evaluations for refinances have performed.

A new state law meant to combat the blight of "zombie" homes across New York lacks effective enforcement to hold banks accountable for actually maintaining the properties on Staten Island.

Mortgage industry hiring and new job appointments for the week ending Aug. 18.

The Toledo, Ohio, area is among the top five metro area in the country with the highest share of mortgaged properties that are "seriously underwater," that is, more is owed than the property is worth.

Mortgage holders could see their security interest wiped out if a borrower in Texas or Nevada gets a property tax loan where the lien has priority over the first mortgage.

The USDA recently announced its rural housing program, which has been around for decades, would increase the amount buyers can borrow, a sign of rising housing costs across the nation.

After a strong sales bump in June, the Sonoma County, Calif., housing market declined in July to the slowest pace of sales in seven years.

The number of U.S. properties that were equity rich in the second quarter grew by 1.6 million properties from a year ago.

A Fed committee studying Libor’s replacement has dwelled heavily on the potential impact to the derivatives market. Loans may become a bigger part of the conversation later this year, but the panel plans to leave a lot of the specifics up to lenders.

The Home Affordable Refinance Program will now expire on Dec. 31, 2018, the FHFA said.

Walter Investment Management Corp. is in danger of having its stock delisted from the New York Stock Exchange as its average market capitalization remains below required minimums.

Mortgage rates continued to move lower as a result of economic uncertainty, according to Freddie Mac.

Two Tampa Bay, Fla., homeowners are suing JPMorgan Chase Bank for attempting to continue to collect on what they say were already-paid-off mortgages.

Affordability issues along with a lack of knowledge about home buying are holding millennials back from pursuing homeownership, according to a survey from loanDepot.

Canada’s benchmark home price fell by the most in nearly a decade last month as Toronto led a fourth straight decline in sales.