Real estate

White Mountains Insurance Group has agreed to provide up to $13 million in capital to OneTitle National Guaranty Co. in exchange for a minority equity position.

Home prices, including distressed sales, rose year-over-year by 5.9% in March, according to CoreLogic.

Appraisal management company Solidifi has acquired national loan settlement services provider Southwest Financial Services.

For all the talk about an economic and housing recovery, homeownership remains out of reach for a third of Americans, a new report from Zillow found.

The share of owner-occupant single-family home and condo buyers fell to a new low, according to RealtyTrac.

March featured the largest monthly decline in the mortgage delinquency rate in nine years, according to Black Knight Financial Services.

Continuing its strong performance from the previous quarter, LendingTree reported record revenue in both its mortgage and non-mortgage lead generation business for the first quarter.

Prospective homebuyers may be confident about what it takes to buy a home, but a recent survey indicates most struggle with basic concepts of the mortgage process.

Mortgage interest rates rose during the week thanks to increases in home values and sales as well as slower-than-expected economic growth, Freddie Mac said.

Though home prices have started to rise, new home construction has remained low as builders have struggled to gain momentum due to shortages of materials, developed lots and skilled labor.

Housing and the mortgage industry are every bit as important to the U.S. as the national transportation or healthcare systems.

As more millennials enter the housing market, mortgage bankers continue to stress improved technology as a needed element in efforts to win these consumers, according to a member survey by Lenders One Mortgage Cooperative.

Mortgage application activity fell once again as refinance volume dropped to its lowest level since September 2014, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association's Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey.

The number of Americans who signed contracts in March to buy previously owned homes climbed after the biggest increase in more than four years, a sign for further progress in the housing recovery.

With the housing market and fundamentals showing signs of health, investors may want to begin turning their focus from commercial to residential real estate, according to analysts at William Blair.

Flagstar Bancorp beat expectations as it reported stronger mortgage volume in the first quarter.

Waterstone Financial saw higher quarterly profits thanks to a 352% increase in its mortgage banking segment.

Home prices in 20 U.S. cities climbed at a faster pace than forecast in the year ended February, a sign the housing industry may be gaining momentum amid low borrowing costs and continued job growth.

With low rates tempting more home owners to refinance and relaxed down payment requirements spurring more home sales, bankers are more optimistic about mortgage lending than they have been in some time.

Home prices have risen 4.6% over the last year, according to new data from Black Knight Financial Services, and experienced the largest monthly climb in prices since June 2014.