Purchase

Consumers across all generations, from millennials to baby boomers, want more online and digital communication with their mortgage lender, according to a survey from Velocify.

A second straight decline in purchases of new homes, combined with downward revisions for prior months, show a tepid market as results begin to be clouded by the fallout from Hurricanes Harvey and Irma.

The rate of growth in year-over-year home price appreciation stabilized in July, after accelerating throughout every month this year, according to Black Knight Financial Services.

Here's a look at the 12 cities where homeowners who bought low during the housing crisis profited the most when they sold in 2016.

Borrower and mortgage eligibility problems, a sign of the shift to a purchase market, were the leading cause of critical defects found following post-closing reviews, according to Aces Risk Management.

Statewide home sales rose during August, despite a nationwide pullback in purchases of previously owned properties.

The percentage of newly originated loans that are used to refinance an existing mortgage could shrink dramatically in 2018 as rates rise and burnout continues.

A lackluster supply of available homes is slowing sales across South Florida — but the shortage of listings also keeps pushing prices higher as buyers have little choice but to pay more for what they want.

Despite an uptick in interest rates, refinance loans held steady in August and closing rates reached a new 2017 high.

Maine's housing economy got a late-summer boost in August, with year-over-year increases in both home sales volume and median sale price.

As distressed inventory dries up and home prices soar, more investors are borrowing to buy flip houses. Here's a look at the 12 states with the largest share of financing for flipping houses.

The market for potential existing-home sales declined in August, while Hurricanes Harvey and Irma are also expected to impact the market for home sales in the short term.

Central Texas home sales edged up only slightly in August, while the median home-sale price rose 4% to $300,000, the Austin Board of Realtors said.

Sales of existing homes in Wisconsin rose slightly in August from the same month a year ago, capping off what real estate professionals say was a good summer selling season.

Sales of previously owned homes declined to a one-year low in August as affordability continued to hamper demand and Hurricane Harvey caused a slump in Houston-area purchases.

Mortgage application activity decreased from one week earlier due to normal seasonal trends, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

As lenders embrace the automated processes and data integrations of digital mortgages, they must also rethink their approach to quality control.

Along with the temperature, the housing market in the Twin Cities is beginning to cool.t

An overwhelming majority of millennials with student loan debt do not currently own a home, and are blaming student debt for delaying their ability to purchase.

The shift to a purchase market and an increase in wholesale mortgage originations contributed to a nearly 17% year-over-year rise in fraud risk during the second quarter, according to CoreLogic.