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A new national survey revealed that rental demand will be more stable in the future for single-family homes rather than multifamily properties.

House prices rose 5.8% in 2012 after edging up 0.1% from November to December, according to Lender Processing Services.

A single-asset commercial mortgage-backed securities deal collateralized by a $900 million first-mortgage loan on a Times Square area property in New York is underway.

We're hearing that a new housing reform proposal developed by a private bipartisan commission will be very kind to the FHA mortgage insurance program.

Canadian housing starts will slow to an annual pace of 190,300 units this year, from 214,827 last year.

Fox Chase Bancorp hired Thomas Petro as president and chief executive in mid-2005 with a mission to turn around a mutual thrift that was fighting to survive.

January Home prices are up 6.2% from a year ago, the largest annual gain since 2006.

Origination services-related revenue helped increase CoreLogic’s net income from continuing operations, as well as diluted earnings per share from continuing operations.

During 2012, the business as a whole added 29,000 jobs, an 11% boost not just to the niche but to the entire national economy.

Redwood Trust generated net income of $42 million in the fourth quarter of 2012, up from net income of $40 million for the third quarter of 2012.