Mortgages

Private insurers are considering a request by U.S. officials to guarantee mortgages for veterans — the fastest growing part of the market.

The mortgage industry has to prepare for a new breed of sales person in millennials - that's if they can get them interested in the first place.

Homeowners are less confident about their ability to sell than in the previous quarter, according to Redfin.

Residential real estate property price gains continued in August, albeit by a shrinking margin, according to Black Knight Financial Services.

Making the GSEs out to be the villains of the mortgage crisis is an easy sell to a fearful and angry public, but doesn’t make it true. Partly due to this mindset, housing markets remain held hostage.

A lender which paid millions in connection with a Consumer Financial Protection Bureau consent decree has been sued civilly in a class action pertaining to the same activity.

Contracts to purchase previously owned homes rose less than forecast in September, showing housing will take time to gain momentum.

Over half of California's millennials see homeownership in their future living arrangements, according to the California Association of Realtors.

A slow and uncertain housing recovery continues, according to a report by Freddie Mac.

Wingspan Portfolio Advisors, a diversified mortgage services company in Dallas, will receive a multimillion-dollar capital infusion from a stockholder investment group.

The nation's inventory of loans in foreclosure reached its lowest level since February 2008, according to a Black Knight Financial Services report.

Purchases of new homes were little changed in September after the prior month was revised down, showing an uneven recovery that will limit how much residential real estate contributes to growth.

The Ryland CEO says new Fannie and Freddie low-down-payment loan products could have a big impact on next spring's selling season.

Most of the securitized single-family market is currently exempt, but only a tiny part of the commercial equivalent is. However, nonexempt commercial will get more expensive to issue, and the single-family exemption could change.

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Guild Mortgage in San Diego has acquired Northwest Mortgage Group in Portland, Ore., for an undisclosed price. Through this transaction, Guild adds eight branches and $842 million in loan volume to its portfolio.

Freddie Mac has priced two bonds that offload the risk of a reference portfolio of mortgages insured by the agency.

The rate of home price appreciation has slowed down to its lowest annual pace, according to the latest data from Zillow.

Mortgage rates declined, remaining at a 16-month low as more affordable borrowing costs fuel an increase in refinancing.

Mortgage lenders will have 210 days to fix errors in their calculations of points and fees and reimburse borrowers for any overages under a final rule issued by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.