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The Federal Housing Administration has extended waivers on timelines for disaster-related re-inspections to properties in Puerto Rico affected by Hurricane Maria as well as other properties impacted by California wildfires.

The bill includes $16 billion in debt forgiveness for the National Flood Insurance Program and could benefit financial institutions’ customers in areas impacted by recent hurricanes and wildfires.

The forecast for total originations of home equity lines of credit over the next five years is almost twice as high as the five-year total through 2017.

Mortgage lenders are urging the thousands of displaced homeowners to reach out to them in the aftermath of the devastating wildfires so fire victims can begin the process of either rebuilding or moving on, leaving behind the home they once had.

Texas is receiving $58 million from the Community Development Block Grant disaster recovery program that HUD administers.

The Federal Housing Finance Agency added a language preference question to the loan application, rejecting the mortgage industry's wishes.

A limited housing supply fueled by the San Francisco Bay Area's booming job growth and decades of slow construction has forced home values and rents to near record highs.

Originators and real estate agents are considered more trustworthy and credible by home purchasers than online sources about mortgage information, a Fannie Mae study found.

The destruction of scores of houses and apartments in the North Bay fires virtually guarantees that the affordable housing crisis in Marin County, Calif., is about to get even worse.

From recruitment strategies to leveraging technology without losing the personal touch, here's a look at four challenges and opportunities for the resurgent mortgage broker channel.

While the scale of destruction and suffering caused by Hurricanes Harvey and Irma is staggering, history suggests the local economy and housing markets in the affected areas will bounce back relatively quickly.

Over 172,000 homes in Napa and Santa Rosa, Calif., are at some level of risk from wildfires, according to CoreLogic.

Four neighborhoods hit hardest by Hurricane Harvey have limited resources and are in most need of federal, state and local assistance for property repair and rehabilitation costs.

Ginnie Mae mortgage-backed securities issuers can aggregate their portfolio's exposure to areas hit by the three recent hurricanes to qualify for its disaster relief program.

Incenter Mortgage Advisors is brokering on behalf of an unnamed mortgage banker an almost $10 billion mortgage servicing rights package that includes $870 million in loans with hurricane exposure.

Some banks are looking at how to translate the complicated and document-heavy mortgage lending process into the digital world of voice-interactive personal assistants.

Hurricane Irma will have more of an impact on Ginnie Mae securities than Harvey or Maria, a recent analysis by the government agency shows.

The Seattle company, which has cut about 130 positions in the business in recent months, pointed to lower originations tied to a shortage of new and resale housing.

The Key West City Commission held tight to its majority’s desire not to raise taxes, particularly after the island was battered by Hurricane Irma.

Builder D.R. Horton is revising estimates for cash-flow from operations, certain expenses as a percentage of revenue and its backlog conversion rate in response to recent hurricanes.