Real estate

Just 2.8 million borrowers remain in negative equity, a 13% decrease year-over-year, according to Black Knight Financial Services.

Refinance requests have skyrocketed due to falling mortgage rates after voters in the United Kingdom voted to leave the European Union, according to Zillow.

Manhattan renters left their apartments in search of better deals last month, pushing back against landlord price increases and taking advantage of a flood of new choices on the market.

Home purchase sentiment has fallen as more people have turned negative on the economy's outlook, according to Fannie Mae.

Millions of Americans lost their homes to foreclosures or short sales during the housing crisis. Fortunately for the economy, time heals most wounds — and credit reports.

Female millennial mortgage borrowers are far more likely than their male counterparts to be single, according to Ellie Mae.

The amount of money that foreign homebuyers spent on U.S. real estate fell to a three-year low as the strengthening dollar and rising property prices cut into affordability.

Total multifamily and commercial mortgage originations are expected to decrease from last year's levels because of economic uncertainty, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

Home prices registered an average year-over-year gain of 5.9% in May, according to CoreLogic's Home Price Index.

Melissa Suniga and her mother had been renting a three-bedroom Phoenix house for less than a year when their landlord, Blackstone Group's Invitation Homes, gave them the chance to buy it.

The scheme is used by borrowers who don't have enough income to qualify for a regular mortgage, so they apply for a higher rate non-owner-occupied loan.

While the housing market remains on solid ground, issues with affordability and inventory are causing the momentum of existing home sales to slow, online marketplace Ten-X reported.

Orlando, Fla., got a good dose of good news as Freddie Mac reported that the city's housing market posted the biggest year-over-year gains in April.

Nonperforming loan investors will have to consider principal reductions and offer more sustainable loan modifications.

As the mortgage industry swings more toward purchase loans and away from refinancings, its risk from material misrepresentations increases.

Loan application defect risk continued to decline in May, according to First American Financial Corp.

The Little Rock, Ark., bank got the final regulatory approval it needed to buy C&S and C1, but not before agreeing to address some community reinvestment concerns in the Atlanta market and elsewhere.

Contracts to purchase previously owned homes fell more than projected in May, a sign demand cooled after a robust start to the busiest selling season of the year.

Home prices are more likely to go down in states with economies driven by the energy industry than across the country overall, according to Arch Mortgage Insurance.

Home prices in 20 cities rose at a steady pace in April from a year earlier, a sign demand for residential real estate remains solid enough to support both buyers and sellers, data from S&P/Case-Shiller showed Tuesday.