Of the 100 largest metropolitan areas, 82 had an increase in asking prices on a year-over-year basis.

Friday’s job report shows mortgage brokers hired 1,200 new employees in November while other mortgage lenders trimmed their payrolls for the second straight month.

There were more losers than gainers among the member stocks of National Mortgage News’ Mortgage Industry Equity Composite as the market closed Thursday afternoon.

Savvy investors rushing to take advantage of current and long-term foreclosure-to-rental market opportunities may stumble upon an unexpected barrier: data.

National Credit-reporting System is working with eSignSystems to provide a broader use of electronic signatures in the loan process.

The downfall to new technology is that it can feel much like paving the freeway during rush hour—it is very complicated, fraught with risk and susceptible to failure.

After months of steady ups and downs, the delinquency rate for commercial mortgage-backed security loans has finally hit a wall.

There was a 21.6% decline in mortgage application volume on a seasonally adjusted basis during the last two weeks of 2012 as refinancings during the week of Dec. 28 were at their lowest point since April.

Zillow said that Chris Crocker is joining the company as vice president of strategic partnerships.

Delinquency rates on second mortgages and home equity lines of credit have been rising this year.

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The October residential shadow inventory level was 2.3 million units, representing a supply of seven months.

American Realty Capital-Retail Centers of America Inc. recently closed its acquisition of San Antonio-based San Pedro Crossing Shopping Center.

Inlanta Mortgage said that 2012 was its best year for new hires, with a total of 77 new employees over the course of the year.

Sales of existing houses and condos in the Phoenix area rose to the highest level for a November in seven years.

The National Association of Realtors is looking ahead for another good year with sales rising 10% in 2013.

Sales of newly constructed homes jumped 4.4% in November after falling 3.5% in October.

Merrimack Mortgage Co. said integrated communication and file services Google provides were a key part of its growth strategy.

Teaching struggling borrowers how to manage their finances creates value at numerous levels not only for the parties directly involved such as servicers.

DocuTech said it will be leading a response from lenders to the CFPB’s Project Catalyst, which aims to involve mortgage executives in testing new disclosures.