Mortgages

The number of October home sales in Maine remained nearly flat compared with last year, but prices continued to climb.

David Becker, who founded First Internet Bank two decades ago, says traditional banks' digital-only ventures are only making his bank look more mainstream.

Among the hustle and bustle of the holiday season, home prices hibernate and offer consumers the best time to buy a house, according to Attom Data Solutions.

The Department of Housing and Urban Development is seeking public feedback on federal, state and local laws and regulations that may inhibit affordable housing or constrain the supply of housing.

Private mortgage insurance now has almost matched the government's Federal Housing Administration program in market share, having gained approximately eight percentage points in the past five years, Keefe, Bruyette & Woods found.

Home prices in 20 U.S. cities rose more than forecast in September from a year earlier, indicating property values are stabilizing as housing demand picks up.

Buyers snapped up new homes over the past two months at the fastest pace in more than 12 years, adding to signs of sturdy housing demand amid lower prices and borrowing costs.

The total number of home sales picked up in Miami-Dade County but fell in Broward.

The median price of a home in metro Atlanta dropped slightly last month, to just under $250,000, but was still higher than a year earlier, according to a report from Remax.

Lenders contend the proposal goes beyond policing third-party debt collectors and could expose banks to enforcement actions and lawsuits.

The housing market has changed dramatically since 2002 but the current appraisal limit has not. It's time for NCUA to catch up.

The two deals continue a late-year surge of private-label RMBS deal volume totaling $8.37 billion priced since Oct. 1.

For the private-label mortgage-backed securities market to grow, regulators need to focus on collateral management in addition to changes to data disclosure rules.

Over a quarter of occupied homes are expected to become available in the next two decades with baby boomers aging out, according to Zillow.

Mortgage prepayment levels were at their highest in over six years during October, as existing homeowners took advantage of the lower rates to refinance, or to a lesser extent, purchase a new residence, Black Knight said.

Central Texas could be on pace for a ninth straight year of record-setting home sales, according to new data from the Austin Board of Realtors.

Home sales fell in the state's most expensive market of Columbus in October while climbing in more affordable parts of the state.

The nonbank share of large mortgage servicing is growing, but smaller players tend to be depositories, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau found in a new report aimed at examining regulatory impacts.

With unemployment still hovering close to all-time lows, the already limited supply of housing is getting bought up faster and lifting rent and home prices around the country, according to Zillow.

The former head of the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight explains why he thinks the mortgage industry is closer than ever to having a truly paperless process, and weighs in on GSE reform.