Mortgages

Fannie, Freddie also announced they'll face banklike liquidity standards starting Sept. 1.

The combined impact of coronavirus forbearance periods ending while low rates persist means large workloads for title insurers, appraisers and others.

Home sales in Alabama surged in June as buyers emerged from the coronavirus lockdown ready to take advantage of low interest rates.

Some real estate agents in the Daytona Beach, Fla., area have been reporting an increase in bidding wars for homes because of the low inventory.

Mortgage industry hiring and new job appointments for the week ending July 31.

While low interest rates drove up new insurance written, the increased defaults stymied overall performance.

The government-sponsored enterprise's earnings were up tenfold as it stabilized mortgage market liquidity amid the coronavirus.

The government-sponsored enterprise reported net earnings of $2.55 billion, up from $461 million in the first quarter.

Democrats Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts and Brian Schatz of Hawaii have sent a letter to CEO Charlie Scharf demanding a response to news reports that the bank has been placing borrowers into forbearance plans without their consent.

Mortgage rates fell 2 basis points this week, remaining near their historic lows as they have for the past month with the markets roiled by uncertainty, according to Freddie Mac.

Even amid a global pandemic — and by all accounts spurred by it — Palm Beach, Fla., single-family property sales surged during the second quarter, according to a new round of real estate reports.

The private equity megalith's mortgage trust made a second-quarter net income of over $17.5 million and $85.2 million in core earnings.

The annual survey and ranking of mortgage servicers found that while trust is increasing, borrowers were frustrated with some digital interactions and long wait times with call centers.

Real estate agents say they are seeing more out-of-state homebuyers looking to move to Maine, but so far in 2020, there's been no surge of people from away actually buying homes in the state.

But refis bring overall mortgage application fraud risk back to its record low, First American said.

Having more houses on the market than in June 2019 had the metro area out of step with the nation as a whole, the Oklahoma City Realtors said.

Black homeownership grew for the fourth quarter in a row, hitting its largest percentage since 2004 despite disproportionate impacts of the coronavirus.

Born from the burgeoning real estate market that preceded the Great Recession, flipping homes has become a national fascination over the past two decades.

An index of pending home sales exceeded forecasts in June as borrowing costs fell, adding to evidence that the housing market is the bright spot in an economy stunted by COVID-19.

The investors seeking to take over CoreLogic plan to solicit support from fellow shareholders to replace nine directors, after the company refused to engage in talks over their $7 billion proposal to take it private.