In short order, Wingspan faces a dilemma that many of its peers are facing: rapidly improving real estate values are snuffing out delinquencies and draining the supply of problem loans.

The GAO analyzed changes to HAMP implemented in October and beyond, including extending performance incentive payments to borrowers...

The highest reading of the year came in January, $245.9 billion, a time when interest rates were still declining.

Since the housing crisis, the mass filing of claims has placed a huge strain on resources at the FHA.

According to a new consumer survey from Fannie Mae, 63 percent of consumers think that now is a good time to buy a home, tying a survey low...

The rise in retail market share likely reflects the fact that smaller lenders, which are more likely to do retail lending exclusively, account for a growing share of GSE business.

Savitt noted that some lenders don’t want to staff up too much “only to have to lay off workers later on.”

The jumbo MBS rated by Fitch since 2010 haven’t experienced any losses.

In addition, 25 percent of all LGBT survey respondents said they plan to purchase real estate in the next three years.

RealtyTrac noted that the peak for cash deals came in February 2011 at 42.2 percent of all transactions.