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The headline numbers were lower than expected for the latest Employment Situation from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The report contained a bright spot, however, in hourly wage gains. How will wage growth affect housing going forward?

The ongoing inventory shortage is having an adverse effect on contract signings for homes, according to the National Association of Realtors.

It has been two years since the FHA lowered its mortgage insurance premiums down to 0.85 percent. Is another reduction in the cards as the Obama Administration nears its conclusion?

As his tenure as HUD Secretary winds down, Julián Castro covered some of the achievements the Department made under the Obama Administration and also some of the work that lies ahead.

Both 15- and 30-year fixed-rate mortgage interest rates retreated to open 2017 after two months of steady increases. How does this stack up with analysts' expectations?

In many markets, buying a home is more affordable than renting, but rising mortgage rates may reverse that in the coming year.

Net current credit exposure, the metric the OCC uses to evaluate credit risk in bank derivative activities, is currently only a fraction of what it was at the start of the crisis.

According to the Federal Open Market Committee, participants expect the economy to continue to expand at a moderate pace and for the labor market to strengthen further, but uncertainty lingers among FOMC members as to the new administration's fiscal policy.

Recent reports may have indicated that new single-family home construction is below its pre-recession levels, but one analysis found no shortage of newly-built homes in several markets.

The data shows that adults ages 18 to 34 have a strong desire to own a home. What factors are keeping it from happening?