Purchase

March mortgage applications for new home purchases were stronger than in February but lenders didn't produce as many of them as they did a year ago.

Zillow Group Inc. plans to start buying houses directly from sellers to test its ability to make money by flipping real estate.

Automating the mortgage process will force tighter margins, but drive higher volume, for lenders.

Houses are taking longer to sell and sales across the region fell last month for the first time since Hurricane Harvey, a new housing report shows.

Maui had a small decline in the number of homes sold last month while median prices moved in different directions for single-family homes and condominiums.

The use of appraisal management companies does not result in higher quality property valuation reports, according to a working paper published by the Federal Housing Finance Agency.

While the mortgage industry heads in a digital direction, homebuyers are still expecting a more electronic experience during the mortgage process, which would also stand to benefit lenders.

Black households have significantly less purchasing power when it comes to buying a home compared with other races, a Zillow study said.

Mortgage applications decreased 1.9% from one week earlier as purchase activity was down again, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

North Texas homebuilders ramped up for the spring and summer housing market with an increase in first quarter starts.

Home sale prices across Connecticut jumped for the second month in a row in February, but the sales volume was weak, and some experts said it it still too early in the year to declare the start of a trend.

Lennar Corp.'s home finance subsidiary with the help of Blend rolled out its own digital mortgage platform, as another small lender tries to keep up with Rocket Mortgage.

Housing sentiment remained volatile in March as consumers reporting that now is a good time to buy a home rose from the previous month, according to Fannie Mae.

Home prices in the Tampa Bay area continue to climb, and once again the price jumps were due to the scant supply of moderately priced homes.

The median sales price of a single-family home in Santa Fe, N.M., rose nearly 12% in the first quarter over the same period last year.

Mortgage rates dropped as the stock market downturn at the start of the week drove yields on the 10-year Treasury lower.

Louise Juracek, a broker associate at Coldwell Banker Preferred Realtors in Bakersfield, Calif., sells 130 to 150 houses a year.

Purchase loans made to millennial mortgage borrowers rose month-over-month in February despite interest rates increasing at the start of the year, according to Ellie Mae.

Mortgage application activity decreased 3.3% from one week earlier as purchase and refinance volume fell prior to the start of the home buying season, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

Single-family-home prices in metro Denver continued to perform gravity-defying feats of appreciation last month, as sellers as buyers alike raced to join the spring home-selling circus.