Mortgages

Mortgage applications decreased 0.6% on a seasonally adjusted basis from one week earlier as the period was truncated by the Thanksgiving holiday, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

This fall's red-hot housing market in Duluth, Minn., has more than made up for time lost to the pandemic this spring.

Even government-sponsored enterprise loans, which have seen forbearance rates drop for 24 weeks in a row, saw a slight uptick.

October's annual appreciation rate was at its fastest since April 2014, CoreLogic said.

Startups Home Lending Pal, RealKey and Stavvy will get access to experienced mentors and potential customers over three months as a part of the program.

Tough competition for home listings makes consumers more likely to misrepresent themselves on loan applications.

President Trump is running out of time to do what hedge funds and other investment firms with big ownership stakes in Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have wanted since he took office: put the mortgage giants on a path to exiting government control.

Metro Denver's housing market seems unstoppable, setting record after record in the resale market and leading the country for the gain in pending new home sales.

As today’s borrowers are more tech-savvy than ever, it is critical for lenders to partner with a strong digital point-of-sale company, EXOS Technologies’ Mikhail Cook says.

Experts in the field predict how some aspects of the market will develop in the coming year.

The extension of the FHA’s willingness to conditionally endorse loans with suspended payments came amid a renewed push by public and private entities to spread awareness of the CARES Act option.

A new report from California shows that less-regulated mortgage lenders may be doing a better than banks of serving Black and Latino homebuyers. But consumer advocates say the data bolsters the case for tougher supervision of nonbanks.

The parties are looking at having the deal done by the end of 2020, once China's currency regulator agrees to the transfer of funds.

A gauge of contract signings to purchase previously owned homes unexpectedly declined for a second month in October as higher prices and a limited number of listings impeded momentum in the housing market.

Oklahoma City area homebuilders are building more houses than they have in seven years, but the market keeps soaking them up, as well as previously owned homes — amid a pandemic and rolling business shutdowns.

Marin County, Calif., detached home sales in October were up 25% over last year as the coronavirus pandemic continued to shake up conventional market trends.

Closed sales of single-family homes in the Hartford region increased 36.31% in October compared to a year ago, the Greater Hartford Association of Realtors reported.

Mortgage industry hiring and new job appointments for the week ending Nov. 27.

Bee Mortgage App will use blockchain and automation provided by Elphi to create "a COVID tool for real estate agents" to get fully digital mortgage approval in under three minutes.

The year-over-year increase in monthly page views for properties hit a high for the year in large metropolitan areas as gains in rural locations decelerated.