Purchase

Purchases of new homes fell in December to a 10-month low, suggesting the post-election jump in mortgage rates pushed out potential buyers.

The Federal Housing Finance Agency is seeking a significant amount of information from lenders that specialize in making chattel loans to manufactured homebuyers due to a lack of reliable data on the market.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average crossed the 20,000 threshold for the first time Wednesday, but the post-election stock market rally has produced a mixed bag for mortgage demand and the industry's publicly traded companies.

Appraisal management companies must self-regulate their prices unless they want the government to do it for them.

Sales of previously owned homes declined more than forecast in December, data from the National Association of Realtors showed, but sales for the full year were the strongest since 2006.

Rising mortgage rates are offsetting higher demand and stifling the market potential for existing-home sales, according to First American Financial Corp.

As the country's homes for sale inventory declines, prices and the percentage of homes going under contract quickly are rising, according to Redfin.

The increase for the month represented the fastest annual pace of appreciation recorded in 2016.

Three midsize banks projected increases in loans this year in the latest round of earnings discussions, but their levels of optimism varied, and their commercial lending strategies in some cases conflicted.

As mortgage rates continued to move higher, the share of home purchase loans began to increase in December, according to Ellie Mae.

The Michigan company expects a recently announced mortgage initiative to produce solid growth in 2017.

The Department of Housing and Urban Development's proposed guidance has stirred up a debate on elevation standards as flooding occurs more frequently and in more unexpected places.

The startup, known for refinancing millennials' student loans, is now writing more than $100 million of home mortgages a month, and expects this to be its fastest-growing product. Here's why.

To meet a 20% down payment, homebuyers on average have to spend more than two-thirds of the average annual income, according to a report from Zillow.

Higher interest rates will add stress for millennials looking to buy a home, according to an analysis from Fitch Ratings.

Homebuyers in Brooklyn competed for a record-low number of listings in the fourth quarter, driving up prices in the New York borough that's historically been seen as a refuge from Manhattan's high costs.

Mortgage applications for new home purchases rose 2% year over year in December, the Mortgage Bankers Association reported.

Housing is not in a bubble even though home prices are unlikely to decline in the next two years, according to a new report from Arch MI.

A Trulia analysis of U.S. listings shows that 3.9% of homes that moved from for-sale to pending moved back to for-sale again, nearly double the rate in 2015.

Mortgage application volume started off 2017 on a good note as activity increased 5.8% from one week earlier, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.