Daily Dose

Despite two rare monthly expansions this year, Fannie Mae's gross mortgage portfolio is on a swift downward trajectory.

Arch Capital Group can move forward with its plans to expand its footprint in the private mortgage insurance industry with the announcement of the completion of the acquisition of United Guaranty Corporation.

The home price growth the nation has experienced in the last four-plus years since prices bottomed out is expected to continue over the next 12 months, but the effect may be adverse for housing.

Though home prices have risen every month for more than four years and have passed their pre-crash highs in many areas, the rate of appreciation is expected to slow next year.

The most recent pending home sales report, based on contract signings, from the National Association of Realtors indicated that buyers are snapping up homes as quickly as possible. Will this trend continue?

The age-old standard for boarding up windows in vacant homes, plywood, is gradually becoming a thing of the past.

What drove new home sales to their second-highest annual pace in the last eight years, according to one analysis?

Mortgage servicers are under intense pressure from investors and regulators to ensure a positive consumer experience, and ATPR gives a suggestion on how to provide that experience in a recent white paper.

The FHFA's Home Affordable Refinance Program is expiring in September 2017, and there are still many borrowers with GSE-backed loans who are eligible and who would benefit economically from the program.

The fall months are typically the off-season for housing, but that was not the case this time around.