Real estate

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The U.S. housing market continues to slowly stabilize, according to Freddie Mac's latest Multi-Indicator Market Index.

Purchases of new homes jumped in August to a seven-year high as Americans took advantage of historically low mortgage rates.

The housing market is edging off a slow recovery in spite of high depreciation rates concentrated on the East Coast and Midwest, according to Zillow's August Real Estate Market Report.

First-mortgage originations to subprime borrowers have risen by 30.5% in the first five months of 2015, compared to the same period last year.

Money360, a marketplace lender that focuses on commercial real estate, has hired mortgage industry veteran Gary Bechtel as its president.

Hispanic women are taking charge when it comes to purchasing a home, according to a Better Homes & Gardens Real Estate and National Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals report.

Sales of previously owned homes fell more than forecast in August as lean inventories slowed this year's momentum.

Starwood Waypoint Residential Trust and Colony American Homes, two of the largest U.S. single-family home landlords, said they will merge in an all-share deal that creates a company with $7.7 billion in assets.

The housing market came out of August ahead, despite the month's typical slowdown as the summer home-buying season draws to a close, according to reports from Redfin and Remax.

The housing market is shifting toward more-favorable conditions for owning a home instead of renting, according to a new report.

The market capacity for existing-home sales rose 0.4% in August compared to the previous month, according to First American Financial.

Lenders are easing loan standards across all types of mortgage products, according to Fannie Mae's latest survey of mortgage lenders.

New-home construction fell in August, indicating the real estate recovery will take time to evolve.

Connected Investors has created a new centralized real estate investment funding portal that the Wilmington, N.C.-based company believes will simplify deals and relationships.

Confidence among homebuilders rose in September to the highest level in almost a decade, signaling momentum in residential real estate will support growth in the second half of 2015.

A survey from Wells Fargo and Gallup has found that investors continue to take advantage of low interest rates.

Colony Mortgage, a real estate investment trust that specializes in "transitional," or improving property, is preparing its third securitization, according to Moody's Investors Service.

California lawmakers passed legislation to change the way communities wind down their shuttered redevelopment agencies, leaving cities and their advocates trying to tally the effects of the last-minute bill.

Wells Fargo has set a goal to originate $125 billion in residential mortgages to Hispanic borrowers by 2025.