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A growing number of women are making successful careers in the traditionally male-dominated mortgage industry, but the boardroom remains populated primarily by men. This article examines the strides that women have been making in traditionally male-dominated mortgage and financial sectors. Editor's note: This select print feature appears in the August 2015 edition of MReport magazine, available now.

Fixed mortgage rates changed very little this week compared to last week, with little activity occurring in financial markets, according to Freddie Mac's Primary Mortgage Market Survey.

Many people believe that the Baby Boomer generation have started downsizing from their single-family homes to live in apartments. A recent housing insights report from Fannie Mae's Economic & Strategic Research Group challenges this idea, finding that Baby Boomers are not fleeing to apartments but remaining in their homes.

Housing policy affects income inequality and single-family housing in a number of ways, according to a recent report from the Urban Institute.

Home Depot recently revealed its second quarter results revealing that it experienced a record number of transactions in the last three months. Multiple market watchers believe the health of home depot is a sign of the housing market recovery overall, CNNMoney said in a report.

In a recently released white paper analyzing actions taken by the Federal Reserve in the immediate aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis, St. Louis Fed VP Stephen D. Williamson questions a few of the central bank's policies and the effect they have had on the economy.

According to NASDAQ Dow Jones Business News, a positive housing data report raised U.S. Treasury yields on Tuesday.

The aging baby boomer population is something that is expected to affect both single family and multifamily housing markets, David Brickman, EVP of multifamily business at Freddie Mac explains in an executive perspective post.

First-time homebuyers in the market today are waiting longer periods of time to purchase a home and are less likely to be married compared to first-time buyers in the 1970s and 1980s, according to a Zillow analysis released Monday.

According to the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index, builder sentiment in the market for newly built, single-family homes in August rose one point to a level of 61, the highest reading since November 2005.