Mortgages

All post-closing reviews of new Federal Housing Administration-insured mortgages must now use the defect taxonomy, effective immediately.

Unexpected declines in new-home construction and building permits in April indicate the market is off to a weak start this quarter.

To address an unintended consequence of the TILA-RESPA integrated disclosures, California regulators are making it easier for lenders to prove compliance with rules limiting interest charges on mortgage closings that take more than one day.

Existing home sales prices increased on an annual basis by the most in eight quarters as new listings failed to keep up with the surge in demand, the National Association of Realtors said.

The city joins a growing list of municipalities that have filed similar lawsuits, just two weeks after the Supreme Court ruled that municipalities have standing to sue lenders under the Fair Housing Act.

There were fewer new home purchase loan applications in April, as year-over-year activity declined for the first time in 2017.

Mike and Elaine Morgan never envisioned moving from Butler Tarkington to a home just outside Sheridan, but that's where today's fast-paced housing market took them.

Daytona Beach has a message for the hundreds of property owners who collectively have stiffed the city on $4.46 million in code violation fine payments: Pay up soon, or the city's coming after your land and buildings with foreclosure actions.

Orlando-area home sales and prices were down in April from March in a real estate market where limited inventory may have thwarted sales, according to a new report.

Nexera Holding, which has operated as an online lender under the name Newfi, is applying that branding to the company as a whole.

Cities in the South are more affordable for first-time homebuyers because of less competition and lower prices, according to Zillow.

Mortgage industry hiring and new job appointments for the week ending May 12.

The Ventura County, Calif., housing market is enjoying a strong start to the spring selling season, but a lack of midrange housing inventory remains an issue that is pushing prices higher.

Connecticut had 23% more foreclosure actions under way in April than a year earlier, according to a new study, with newly commenced foreclosures spiking 40%.

Pending sales of existing detached homes in the Albuquerque metro area during April shot up 23% from a year ago.

The six private mortgage insurers are jockeying to differentiate themselves with value-add services that complement their core product.

FHFA Director Mel Watt warned Thursday that to prevent a potential draw on the Treasury Department by the government-sponsored enterprises, he is willing to act unilaterally to rebuild capital at Fannie and Freddie.

The Property Assessed Clean Energy program entails a priority lien that critics dislike, but one lender ran the numbers and liked them enough to take out a PACE loan itself.

Foreclosure filings in April were at their lowest level since November 2005 at 77,049 properties, down 7% from March's 83,145 and 23% from April 2016.

There's a deep connection between the history of redlining on the East Side of Cleveland and the continuing decline of neighborhoods hollowed out by subprime lending and the mortgage foreclosure crisis of the 2000s.