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"The combination of steep price appreciation and rising mortgage rates is likely coming as a shock to many prospective buyers," Redfin stated in its latest Real-Time Price Tracker. Home sales declined 10.3 percent across the country year-over-year in February, falling for the fourth straight month with sharp drops in West Coast markets.

Baker Donelson has announced that Amanda Berry has joined the Firm's Orlando Office as Of Counsel, defending mortgage lenders, servicers, and investors in consumer finance litigation. She has a particular focus on matters related to lender liability defense, fair debt and collections practices claims, regulatory and compliance issues, and title-related issues.

The United States Senate passed the Homeowner Flood Insurance Affordability Act of 2014, a bill aimed at protecting millions of homeowners from being hit by huge flood insurance premium hikes. The bill, H.R. 3370, passed with a 72-22 vote in the Senate, after previously being passed in the House of Representatives on March 4.

David Stevens, President & CEO of the Mortgage Bankers Association , joins the show to discuss an “economic wealth gap being created in terms of access to homeownership”.  Borrowers who lost homes during the crisis, even if recovered financially, no ...

Collateral Analytics, a provider of comprehensive automated valuation solutions and real estate analytic products for the financial services industry, has launched CA Value Forecast AVM. The new product incorporates the Collateral Analytics proprietary Home Price Forecast Models with its CA Value AVM.

An audit performed by the U.S. Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General (OIG) found that mortgage fraud wasn't prioritized as highly as claimed in public statements by the Department of Justice. The audit was released by Michael Horowitz, Inspector General.

The Securities Exchange Commission voted Wednesday to propose new rules to enhance oversight of clearing agencies that are "systemically important" or that are involved in complex transactions, such as security-based swaps.

Single-family homes sales in Connecticut rose 2.0 percent in January, according to a new report from The Warren Group. The month-to-month gain in January marks the ninth consecutive month of home sale increases for the state.

According to Freddie Mac’s Primary Mortgage Market Survey, the average rate for a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage (FRM) came up nearly a tenth of a percentage point to 4.37 percent (0.6 point) for the week ending March 13. Last year, the 30-year FRM averaged 3.63 percent. The 15-year fixed average was 3.38 percent (0.6 point), up from 3.32 percent last week.

More than 4 million first-time buyers want to enter the market, but they face some tough issues as market conditions aren't exactly favorable to new buyers. This conclusion came from the Zillow Housing Confidence Index (ZHCI), a new calculation released by Zillow and Pulsenomics.