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Home equity lines of credit originations have increased 21.5% in 2014 from a year earlier, according to Equifax's National Consumer Credit Trends Report.

There is plenty of information available on the Internet so that mortgage firms can stop using the same old school approach to customer acquisition.

Home prices in 20 U.S. cities appreciated at a faster pace in the year ended in January, indicating the residential real estate market continues to firm.

If lenders can't get the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to back off its Aug. 1 integrated mortgage disclosures deadline, they're at least hoping to get some leniency while they adjust to the new process.

The Federal Housing Administration will require single family home mortgage appraisals to be submitted through an online electronic delivery portal starting on June 27, 2016, the agency announced.

Mortgage professional hiring and new job appointments for the week ending March 27.

The rate of Hispanic homeownership fell in 2014 to its lowest level since 1999, according to data by the National Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals.

Mortgage rates declined for a second week, sending costs for 30-year loans to their lowest in more than a month as the busiest homebuying season gets under way.

It's was anything but a winter wonderland for the housing market, according to a report by Freddie Mac.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau may delay the Aug. 1 implementation deadline for new mortgage disclosure forms if vendors aren't ready, said CFPB Deputy Director Steven Antonakes.