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Confidence among homebuilders climbed to a five-month high in June, signaling the residential real estate market may have some scope for a pickup, according to a National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo survey.

Sales growth was the top reason lenders gave for investing in new technology, according to a new study from sales automation software firm Velocify.

PulteGroup's founder and largest shareholder, who has called on Chief Executive Officer Richard Dugas to resign immediately, said the homebuilder's board has invited him to suggest candidates for replacements.

Mortgage applications decreased 2.4% from one week earlier even though interest rates for conforming loans are at their lowest point in 18 months, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

Mortgage applications for new home purchases fell in May from the previous month, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

Lender sentiment toward housing has improved during the second quarter, with lenders reporting higher demand for purchase mortgages, according to Fannie Mae.

Despite financial obstacles and lifestyle choices that can delay the journey to homeownership, millennials are buying homes in these affordable metro areas with steady job growth.

Mortgage applications increased 9.3% from one week earlier as rates were basically flat for the period, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

Home purchase sentiment continued to rebound from an 18-month low in May, according to Fannie Mae's Home Purchase Sentiment Index.

A growing economy during the first quarter meant that the U.S. housing market as a whole moved toward buying a home versus renting, an indication of soundness, according to a quarterly report put together by professors at two Florida universities.

Cash sales are falling overall, but still represent the majority of sales involving homes in the lowest tier of property values, according to Black Knight Financial Services.

Increased loan production during the spring home buying season has nonbank mortgage lenders stepping up their hiring.

Falling interest rates and a shortage of housing inventory are heating up the market for home flippers. Here's a look at the housing markets where the home flip share of property sales set new records during the first quarter.

Mortgage applications decreased 4.1% from one week earlier, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

Existing home sales in May are expected to fall within a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 5.47 million and 5.83 million, according to Ten-X.

Many appraisers are charging more or simply refusing to do FHA work, which to their minds now comes close to, if not crossing into, the remit of the home inspector.

The bank's new low-down-payment mortgage, an alternative to FHA loans, dispenses with the complex qualification requirements that have hampered recent efforts with low down payments by Fannie and Freddie.

Contracts to purchase previously owned U.S. homes climbed in April by the most since October 2010, adding to signs that the industry’s busy selling season was off to a good start, according to data released Thursday by the National Association of Realtors.

New research findings challenge common assumptions about borrower behavior, illustrating how trended data — something mortgage lenders will soon be required to collect — could be a game-changer.

U.S. home prices rose 5.7% in the first quarter from a year earlier as buyers competed for a limited supply of listings.