HomeUnion named Jamie Sipila as its senior director of product management.

Mortgage bankers reported a sharp increase in quarterly profits at the end of June, according to data released Tuesday by the Mortgage Bankers Association.

Despite overall foreclosure inventory falling in July, foreclosure starts were up for the third consecutive month, according to a "first look" report from Black Knight Financial Services.

New rules are illuminating a once-shadowy market where servicers can be quick to modify loans and may have few qualms about principal reduction. Discounts or equity make such flexibility possible.

Investors are moving their focus into California's less expensive, more rural areas, according to a California Association of Realtors survey.

A drop in homeownership among the native-born population, coupled with a pickup in the pace of homeownership gains among those who immigrated to the U.S. have narrowed the homeownership gap between the two demographics during the last decade, according to Fannie Mae research.

Altisource, a mortgage data company in Luxembourg, has opened a new technology campus in Bangalore, India.

Home prices increased in June, even as appreciation slowed, according to a report released Monday from Black Knight.

Freddie Mac expects housing demand and supply to increase through next year as the economy gradually returns to normalcy.

Technologies that bridge the gap between originators and real estate agents are designed to improve communication and lead management, which is crucial when loan officers are competing for referrals from top agents in a purchase-driven market.

New-home sales fell unexpectedly in July for the second month as the housing recovery makes only fitful progress.

The cost of housing increased in most major metropolitan areas during July, according to a report from the real estate firm Zillow.

Lower volume and improved processes are being credited for making mortgage lenders more efficient at getting loans through the origination process.

Home flipping, in which a buyer resells a property quickly for a profit, is on the decline as residential price gains slow and foreclosures dwindle.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has chosen a dozen firms involved in the mortgage industry for a pilot program looking at whether electronic fillings can improve the mortgage closing process.

Mortgage servicers are still providing loss mitigation efforts to keep homeowners in their properties even as the foreclosure inventory continues to fall nationally.

Mortgage Bankers Association chairman David Stevens picked the perfect locale for his latest message about the diversity challenges lenders are going to be facing over the next 10 years.

Purchases of previously owned homes unexpectedly rose in July to a 10-month high as low borrowing costs and an increase in inventory drew buyers.

Mortgage rates in the U.S. dropped for a second week, sending 30-year borrowing costs to the lowest point for 2014.

Millennials may be the first group of homebuyer-aged Americans that don't buy into the American dream — at least not the homeownership part of it.