Purchase

Mortgage application activity increased slightly from one week earlier even as the rate for the 30-year conforming loan rose to its highest level in four years.

Consumer confidence in the housing market fell in February, with fewer Americans sharing positive thoughts on mortgage rates, home buying and home prices, according to Fannie Mae.

First time home buyers are dealing with the worst of the nationwide housing inventory shortage, due to prices of entry-level houses growing at an even faster pace than other properties types, according to CoreLogic.

New Mexico's housing market started 2018 like it was still 2017 — with higher prices and fewer homes for sale in most of the state's largest counties.

Recent developments in the Federal Housing Administration's Home Equity Conversion Mortgage program are making it easier for lenders to originate reverse mortgages to borrowers who want to buy a new-construction home.

Bay Area home prices rose in January, and sales dropped again — continuing trends in one the nation's least affordable housing markets.

It is important for lenders to understand in what locations and property types their application fraud risk rests as the market share of purchase loans rises.

A gauge of contracts to purchase previously owned homes unexpectedly declined in January to a more than three-year low, reflecting a shortage of inventories and rising mortgage rates.

Despite growth in both mortgage rates and home prices, housing demand kicked off 2018 with its strongest January on record, according to Redfin.

Higher levels of purchase activity even with rising interest rates drove the increase in mortgage applications compared with one week earlier.

El Paso's resale home prices hit a record high in 2017, new data show

The Hispanic homeownership rate grew for the third straight year in 2017 and the number of homeowners in the demographic group is at an all-time high, despite ongoing concerns about immigration policy and the shortage of homes for sale.

Sales of new homes unexpectedly fell in January to the lowest level since August as borrowing costs rose and winter weather depressed demand.

Home prices in Maine jumped by more than 5% in January compared with a year earlier, while the volume of sales was relatively flat.

Low home inventory continues to put upward pressure on home prices, but affordability strains may be overstated, according to First American Financial Corp.

Historically low inventory pushed up Rhode Island's median home price by 9% in January, and the diminishing supply is hindering sales, which fell by 9%.

Sales of existing homes in Northwest Indiana grew in January as compared to a year ago, but not by as much as prices.

First-time homebuyers using loans backed by private mortgage insurance soared in the fourth quarter on the growing popularity of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac's 3% down payment options, according to Genworth.

Metro Denver's chronic shortage of existing homes for sale will push more buyers towards new home communities this year. But those buyers won't find much relief from tight supply and rising prices.

Refinance mortgages accounted for 45% of mortgage volume, the highest share in a year, according to Ellie Mae.