Technology

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.