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While the 30-year average has hovered near the same level for weeks, the past year brought with it promising trends that may ease affordability next year. View the full article

The Dallas bank turned down another offer because it thought it could get a higher price from Fifth Third, and also could ink an agreement faster, according to Comerica's latest regulatory filing. View the full article

Home prices rose 0.2% nationally month-over-month in November, but there were an estimated 37.2% more sellers than buyers in the market, Redfin said. View the full article

A potential government shutdown could create unprecedented risks for housing, delaying data releases, and affecting markets more than past shutdowns. View the full article

While new jobs data contributed to falling Treasury yields, mortgage rates showed a mixed picture with some trackers moving in opposite directions. View the full article

The court gutted the complaint against the wholesale leader that was filed last year in conjunction with an investigation by a hedge fund-backed newsroom. View the full article

Fifth Third announced it plans to buy the Dallas bank in a $10.9 billion transaction. View the full article

More than 15% of homes that went under contract in August were canceled, as the market heavily favored buyers, a Redfin report found. View the full article

Applications for mortgages to buy a home or refinance both fell for a second week, marking a swift reversal of what had been a hopeful sign of a revival in the US housing market. View the full article

Top Democratic lawmakers are asking the full appeals court to hear a case about the The President administration's efforts to fire employees at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. View the full article

Roughly 100,000 properties in the United States had a foreclosure filed in the third quarter this year, an increase on a quarterly and yearly basis, ATTOM said.

The shutdown halted the release of employment data, typically a driver of mortgage rate activity, likely resulting in trackers moving in varying directions. View the full article

A lapse in the National Flood Insurance Program because of the US government shutdown threatens to snarl home sales in the nation's riskiest floodplains and leave some homeowners without coverage in the middle of hurricane season.

The regulator recently nixed Obama and Biden-era guidance for the Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity and apparently reduced staff. View the full article

The Pittsburgh-based bank's solid third quarter comes weeks after it announced it plans to acquire a Colorado bank for $4.1 billion. View the full article

The megalender is accusing a nearby brokerage of skirting labor laws and avoiding significant overhead costs in misclassifying hundreds of employees. View the full article

The head of the government-sponsored enterprises' oversight agency also asked existing investors to review risk factors as officials eye a new public offering. View the full article

The Charlotte, North Carolina-based bank reported net income of $1.45 billion for the third quarter and earnings per share of $1.04, which beat analysts' forecast of $0.99 per share. View the full article

Other studies have found fewer credit pulls could be viable, but this shows millions more would be adversely impacted than in a bi-merge. View the full article

The rollout comes as the company looks to build out offerings for originators, launching after PHH returned to the proprietary reverse-mortgage arena this year. View the full article

Top industry minds emphasized they're still bullish on the technology and said humans will still provide irreplaceable traits like empathy and trust. View the full article

On a year-over-year basis, Waterstone's mortgage business was able to grow pretax profits to $1.3 million in the third quarter, compared with $144,000 in 2024. View the full article

The influential nonbank mortgage company is calling for a "do no harm" approach to housing and finds comfort in officials' stated guardrails to that end. View the full article