Technology

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.