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Most tax lien and civil judgment data will be taken out of credit bureau files on July 1, possibly inflating scores and raising concerns about liability for mortgages that sour.

Rising interest rates made mortgage lenders bearish on their short-term outlook for purchase originations and that is affecting their expectations on profits.

Houston's young population, job prospects and affordable homes helped it edge out other places as a top city for millennials.

Continued price growth in New York drove January's home prices up by 0.1% from December and by 5.4% over the previous year, according to Black Knight Financial Services.

Some Bay Area counties have more people moving out than in, according to new U.S. Census Bureau data, but this out-migration doesn't seem to be hurting demand for homes.

Despite the additional risks, originating mortgages for landlords of single-family rentals could help lenders fill the gap of waning refinance volume.

The state's housing industry took a hit in February as the number of single-family homes and condominiums sold plunged last month and median sales prices remained flat.

For decades, Americans looking to retire or to get a fresh start have fueled massive population growth in South Florida. But that long-standing trend might be coming to an end.

South Florida's housing market may not be as frenzied as it was a few years ago, but the February figures from local Realtor boards show that sellers are still winning the price fight.

After a powerful surge in home and condo prices in Chicago during January, growth settled down in February and is expected to keep a moderate pace through the spring selling season.

Purchases of new homes increased in February to a seven-month high, indicating the effects of the recent rise in borrowing costs on the residential real estate market have been modest.

Orange County, Calif., home sales dipped in February, a time when sales typically rise, a new housing report shows.

In Broward County, Fla., median home sale prices increased and inventory on the market decreased in February.

Mortgage applications decreased 2.7% from one week earlier after the Fed announced a rate hike, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

Sales of previously owned homes declined in February after rising a month earlier to the highest level in a decade, according to the National Association of Realtors.

Mortgage lenders have already begun to feel the burn of higher interest rates.

Loans originated in the fourth quarter of 2016 carried less credit risk, according to the latest Housing Credit Index from CoreLogic.

February homes sales fell 2.6% in Wisconsin, but a shortage of homes on the market is leading to higher prices.

Lennar Corp. reported fiscal first-quarter earnings that beat analysts' estimates and said new orders increased, signaling the start to a strong spring selling season.

Homes for sale listings are scarcer than they've ever been entering the spring selling season.