Home prices ended the first quarter of 2013 similar to how they started the year: stable and in positive territory.

The percentage of consumers who were late on paying their home equity loans fell to 4.03%, their lowest level in three quarters.

New residential construction rose 2.2% in February following a 4.4% increase in the prior month.

Homebuilders could hire up to 30,000 new workers a month over the next year, according to economists at Deutsche Bank Securities.

Ellington Management Group is moving into the rental home business.

We're hearing a lot of talk about “big data” in the business press.

To increase online banking efficiency USAlliance Federal Credit Union has partnered with cross-selling technology provider Micronotes.

Lenders will need to determine if their social media initiatives and new regulatory guidance can coexist.

Servicers completed 54,000 foreclosures in February, down 7% from January and down 19% from a year ago.

In its first-ever U.S. foreclosure inventory analysis, RealtyTrac said nearly 1.5 million properties were actively in the foreclosure process or bank-owned in the first quarter of 2013.

Housing markets hit hardest by the most recent financial downturn are experiencing a quicker pricing recovery than the rest of the country.

Sao Paulo-based Cetip has been working with FNC on collateral management automation for the Brazilian mortgage industry.

Bradford Technologies has launched a new version of one of its automated products.

MidFlorida Credit Union in Orlando is the latest credit union to add Shastic’s social loan calculator for Facebook, known as Calcubot.

It’s a good time to be a special servicer.

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency reported a significant reduction in the number of foreclosure starts in the fourth quarter by the major banks it supervises.

The National Association of Realtors leading indicator of future existing home sales stalled in February.

Mortgage applications during the week ending March 22 met expectations that they would reverse the previous week’s drop, rising 7.7% on a seasonally adjusted basis and 8% on an unadjusted basis.

Freddie Mac purchased nearly $43 billion in mortgage loans and securities in February, down fractionally from January.

The National Association of Realtors’ venture capital fund Tuesday named six participating real estate technology start-ups it will be working with.