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The factors that are drying up the conventional refinance and cash-out markets are also helping homeowners leverage their home equity through HELOCs and second-liens. What are these issues?

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has announced new data on veteran homelessness. See what the report had to say about the states and communities that are ending veteran homelessness.

The Fed has published a framework that would more closely match regulations for large banking organizations with their risk profiles. Here’s how the new regulation would impact mortgage lenders.

Dennis Cisterna, Founder and CEO of Guardian Residential discusses the factors that are affecting the single-family rental market and what investors entering this segment should watch out for.

Here’s why the offspring of homeowner parents, are more likely to own a property than those of renters.

Freddie Mac reported strong and stable third-quarter earnings. Here are the factors that have driven the GSE’s growth during its decade under conservatorship.

A special Halloween report looked at how home values in supposedly haunted neighborhoods around the country are faring.

An analysis comparing the cash-out refinance trends today with those prior to the last financial crisis revealed why you shouldn’t be alarmed by the rise of these products.

The RMBS market has picked up substantially over the past two years, but here’s how today’s transactions look a little different from those of the past.

A new look at vacancy rates among renters and owners suggests an uptick in wanting to buy. But this push may be making it harder to purchase a home.