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Lending products that help owners tap into their home equity are poised to rise. What are borrowers using these loans for?

Brian Moynihan, Chairman and CEO, Bank of America gave insights into the trends shaping the housing market at a recent industry event. Click through to learn what he shared.

Housing starts have fallen significantly according to a Census Bureau report on new residential construction. Experts parse through the numbers and explain the correlation of the dip with the recent hurricanes.

Here’s what a national housing report revealed about the year-over-year drop in home sales and the headwinds likely to impact sales moving forward.

With slower price gains forecast in the housing market, those looking to buy a home may feel their luck is changing. But how will interest rate hikes affect their mortgage payments?

A fall in lumber prices along with a continued solid demand for housing had home builders giving a positive view about the housing market, according to a new report. What factors are likely to impact this outlook?

Pretium announced that it has secured a deal with Oakland Capital Management and Ranieri Partners to purchase Selene Holdings. Such a major acquisition is certain to affect the housing market.

A new report giving insights into single-family housing authorizations, existing housing maintenance and remodeling, found an increase in the annual volume of housing maintenance and remodeling projects. Here are the factors responsible for this rise.

Northpointe Banke brings Kate Higgins onboard as a new Senior Loan Officer. Higgins has more than 40 years of experience in customer service and sales, and she will be working to cultivate and expand business relationships at Northpointe Banke, which provides home loans and deposit-banking products to communities nationwide.

Pat Downing joins FirstClose as their new CTO. Downing’s chief role with FirstClose, which works as a vendor to integrate information across multiple loan origination systems, will be overseeing development of all technical efforts.