Mortgages

The department will continue to monitor developments from a recent court settlement as it considers future rulemaking.

Pacific Investment Management Co. expects more regional bank failures in the U.S. because of a "very high" concentration of troubled commercial real estate loans on their books. 

Amid industry challenges, borrow a page from the playbooks of these industry leaders as they strategize around new roadblocks and look for fresh opportunities.

Rate locks have increased every month this year, but May's pace came in more subdued than early-year numbers, according to Mortgage Capital Trading.

Nearly one-in-five homeowners have to borrow to pay unexpected expenses related to their property, although 24% claim to have a rainy day fund, according to Bankrate.

The position had been occupied by Scott Smith on an interim basis following Black Knight's sale of the company to Constellation Software.

With millions of Black and Hispanic consumers likely to become new homeowners over the coming decades, the lending community stands to benefit if they are willing to combine expanded underwriting with direct outreach.

Executive Vice President of Strategy and Growth at Clear Capital, Kenon Chen, on how the company is using machine learning and computer vision to analyze and compare property values.

A Fannie Mae survey-high 86% of prospective buyers said it was a bad time to buy a home in May.

The Massachusetts House passed a bill that would ease the process for property owners looking to build accessory-dwelling units.

Observers say the stronger-than-expected Bureau of Labor Statistics employment data could leave the Fed pondering when, or even if, to cut short-term rates this year.

In the first quarter of the fiscal year, many mortgage-related companies posted profits after a year-end that didn't exceed expectations. Here's how major publicly traded players in the industry performed in the first quarter.

Still, the expected year-over-year pace of home price increases in 2024 is faster than what the first quarter Fannie Mae Home Price Expectations survey has predicted.

The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage average dropped back below the 7% level as investors reacted positively to news the economy is slowing, Freddie Mac said.

Ginnie Mae just approved some flexibilities for extended term MBS. Here's what else is on its roadmap, according to Sam Valverde, the agency's acting president.

The deal is expected to open up "substantial funding capacity" for Los Angeles-based BARH Dunmore, which launched in 2021.

The company foresees a dampened mortgage originations market through 2026, as last year's trends continue to have an impact on housing.

Staffing cuts affected employees in the reverse-mortgage lender's retail and corporate units, the company confirmed.

Besides allegations of trade secret theft, HMAC is accusing rival OCMBC and Michael Turturro of stealing the branding around its Jet Mortgage division.

St. John's Lutheran Church in Madison is redeveloping its property to build affordable housing blocks from the Capitol in the booming East Washington corridor.