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As the job market continues to improve and buyers move in on a limited supply of homes, home prices increased in July, the Federal Housing Finance Agency reported Tuesday.

Buyers are still motivated to purchase homes, even if the Federal Reserve decides to raise interest rates in one of their last two meetings of the year.

Hensarling went on to say that Dodd-Frank exemplifies the "insidious belief" among those in Washington that the American people cannot be trusted to make financial decisions, so Washington must do it for them.

Mortgage lending standards continued to ease across all types of loans in the third quarter, according to Fannie Mae’s most recent Mortgage Lender Sentiment Survey.

When the panel of four experts debated whether the current single-family rental market is a "bubble" or is here to stay and the question was put to them by Tim Herriage, the lab's director, three of the four experts answered that it was here to stay. That is, three out of four experts believe that investors will be able to sustain the single-family rental market enough to avoid a housing crisis like the one in 2008.

After a reaching levels not seen since November 2005 in August, builder confidence for newly constructed single-family homes continued to climb in September with a one point increase to a level of 62.

Mortgage applications for the week ending September 11, 2015 fell 7 percent from one-week prior, the Mortgage Bankers Association reported in their Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey.

The number of first-time homebuyers is growing steadily in the housing market as mortgage rates remain low, labor conditions improve, and lending loosens up.

Ocwen Loan Servicing, LLC recently received an upgrade in their rating outlook from stable to positive due to stronger risk management framework and management oversight, according to a Servicer Report from Fitch Ratings.

The Federal Housing Administration and Fannie Mae recently launched programs that are designed to open credit to borrowers who would not be able to obtain a mortgage loan under normal circumstances.