Mortgages

For the first time since the Federal Open Market Committee acted five weeks ago, there was an increase in mortgage rates.

Radian Group earned $76.5 million for the first quarter, up 16% from $66.2 million one year prior, helped by a 25% year-over-year rise in new insurance written.

The Louisiana agency that helps fund affordable housing developments across the state has revised its annual spending plan amid accusations from New Orleans housing advocates, developers and, most recently, Mayor Mitch Landrieu that the agency prioritized rural parishes over urban ones.

Home sales in Rhode Island fell by 1% in March, and the median price, $235,000, was up by 2%, but a 26% fallout in pending sales signals a further slowdown in the coming months.

Housing prices in the Near West Side, Logan Square and a handful of other popular areas north of downtown are now well above their pre-crash peaks, but most of the city and the suburbs are still clawing their way back from the depths of the devastating crash.

Arch Capital Group's 62% first-quarter earnings improvement was driven by its acquisition of United Guaranty Corp.

Growth in commercial real estate loans is a big reason the New Jersey bank had a strong quarter.

Congressional action to reform housing finance is ultimately needed, but we must confront the risk of continued drift and inaction if Congress is unable to act.

Mortgage application volume increased 2.7% for the week of April 21 as more consumers applied for refinance loans.

The Seattle area has notched its sixth-straight month as the hottest real-estate market in the country, as prices climb even faster heading into the peak buying season.

A bipartisan coalition in Pennsylvania created more than a decade ago to fight neighborhood blight is setting its sights on new legislative goals after a string of successes.

Sales of existing homes in Wisconsin posted their best first quarter in at least a dozen years, the Wisconsin Realtors Association said.

Growth outside of its residential mortgage business contributed to Flagstar Bank beating first-quarter earnings estimates, company executives said.

Purchases of new homes unexpectedly increased in March to an eight-month high, indicating housing demand remained strong at the start of the spring buying season.

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President Trump intensified a trade dispute with Canada, slapping tariffs of up to 24% on imported softwood lumber in a move that drew swift criticism from the Canadian government, which vowed to sue if needed.

Housing costs -- both rents and home prices -- in the Metro Orlando area rose faster than in most metropolitan areas within the state and the nation in March from a year earlier, two new reports show.

The current struggles of the oil-based economy of the Houma-Thibodaux, La., area has led to an increase in foreclosures, a new report says.

Chicago home sales and prices rebounded strongly in March from a surprisingly sluggish February, just in time for the all-important spring housing season.

The struggling Pittsburgh Athletic Association in Oakland has paid $55,000 towards taxes it owes the county for the 7% drink tax, preventing a scheduled sheriff's sale Tuesday morning at the iconic Fifth Avenue social club.