Martin "Marty" Foster, a 35-year veteran in the mortgage banking industry, has joined the company as SVP of Servicing Operations.

Researchers report that demand for more space and outdoor amenities, largely from older millennials, continues to place upward pressure on the market.

The Treasury Secretary says funds dispersed to Community Development Financial Institutions, which play an important role in attainable homeownership, will help to repair an "unhealthy" aspect of the American economy.

Researchers who compared owning to renting say accessible homeownership is the "cornerstone of economic well-being."

titlegenius is the latest in a series of digital products the company is engineering to help solve existing and anticipated customer and agent challenges, Radian reports.

Though interest rate offerings trended downward across all mortgage products last month, overall rate locks were still down across the board, researchers say.

Department Secretary Marcia Fudge says HUD will restore certain definitions and other selected parts from 2015's Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing rule, which the previous administration ended last year.  

New construction is not the only path to replenishing the housing supply, it is the most plausible, experts conclude, and they say scaling back building restrictions could boost effectiveness.

FHFA Director Mark Calabria says the information gathered will help the agency ensure transparent and appropriate compensation policies at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

In this edition of DS5: Inside the Industry, Michael Ruiz, Director, Supplier Diversity for Fannie Mae discusses "the peculiar world of supply chain diversity," as well as the results of an American Mortgage Diversity Council survey on the subject.