Mortgages

Houston's young population, job prospects and affordable homes helped it edge out other places as a top city for millennials.

Continued price growth in New York drove January's home prices up by 0.1% from December and by 5.4% over the previous year, according to Black Knight Financial Services.

A decade ago, a home in Connecticut could be sold to another party about 12 months after a borrower stopped paying a mortgage.

Some Bay Area counties have more people moving out than in, according to new U.S. Census Bureau data, but this out-migration doesn't seem to be hurting demand for homes.

Having a loan officer on-hand at closing boosts member satisfaction and improves CUs' relationships with real estate agents and title companies.

Despite the additional risks, originating mortgages for landlords of single-family rentals could help lenders fill the gap of waning refinance volume.

Mortgage industry hiring and new job appointments for the week ending March 24.

Here's an early look at what technology developers will be doing to dazzle and impress lenders and servicers during the Mortgage Bankers Association's technology conference in Chicago.

It took more than four years before David Bruns was caught stealing from the Montgomery County, Ohio, Prosecutor's office.

The state's housing industry took a hit in February as the number of single-family homes and condominiums sold plunged last month and median sales prices remained flat.

For decades, Americans looking to retire or to get a fresh start have fueled massive population growth in South Florida. But that long-standing trend might be coming to an end.

Fannie Mae has obtained reinsurance for $510 million of credit losses on $20.4 billion of single-family residential mortgages through a pair of credit insurance risk transfer transactions.

Collaboration will allow buyers to tap state assistance for down payment, closing costs.

With refinance volume shrinking, some lenders are making up the difference by turning to alternative loan products for borrowers with lower credit scores.

Implementation of the second phase of the common securitization platform had been projected for next year, but the anticipated time frame was delayed following "lessons learned" from the first phase.

Higher interest rates have reduced prepayments to levels not seen since 2014.

Detroit was once known as a city where a working-class family could afford to own a home. Now it's a city of renters.

Freddie Mac will soon allow automated underwriting of borrowers who lack scores but have other financial records.

U.S. foreclosure activity dropped to its lowest level in more than a decade in February, aided by a steady decline in foreclosure filings in Ohio at the state and local level.

South Florida's housing market may not be as frenzied as it was a few years ago, but the February figures from local Realtor boards show that sellers are still winning the price fight.