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Since the housing crisis, minority borrowers have had trouble getting a mortgage loan or been completely locked out of the housing market due to affordability problems. Now, eight years into the recovery, minorities are still a disproportionate part of the housing economy.

Housing markets across the nation have seen some major growth in home prices and sales over the last two years, but there are some markets are still lagging behind.

A borrower's credit score could be adversely affected by gender, according to a recent study. Typically, men have an average credit score of 630 out of 850, while women have an average score of 621 but the factors behind these scores is where the story gets interesting....

Mortgage interest rates have declined every week since the start of the year, and Freddie Mac believes this could continue until Treasury yields return to normal levels. Freddie ...

Although lenders are being selective in who they lend to in terms of credit score, overall, mortgage lending standards have eased every quarter over the last two years. Could this be the beginning of yet another financial crisis?

As new credit populations emerge in the housing market and competition among lenders heats up, other data avenues must be considered to accommodate new borrowers.

History has shown that homeowners typically value their homes at a higher price point than appraisers, but as the housing market evolves, these opinions are inching closer to reaching a point of equilibrium.

Though homebuilding hiring has increased, the number of unfilled jobs in the overall construction sector is growing and homebuilders can't seem to shake one particular worry looking ahead in 2016.

Although rents continue to rise at a rapid pace, many Americans are still shying away from the real estate market due to down payment and credit score troubles.

Many in the industry believed that the The TILA-RESPA Integrated Disclosure (TRID) rule was the culprit behind the huge decline in existing-home sales in November 2015.