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Real estate, mortgage, and technology services provider Altisource Portfolio Solutions S.A. has announced that Altisource Originations Services (AOS) has been rebranded as Trelix.

The most recent National S&P CoreLogic Case Shiller Home Price Index indicated that the current rate of home price appreciation was probably not sustainable, but that the market is not in the midst of a housing bubble. The industry will find out this week what the latest Case Shiller Index holds.

The Congressional Budget Office analyzed what the effects on the industry would be if Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were to increase their capital levels.

For the past three years, Fannie Mae has transferred a substantial portion of credit risk to mortgage insurance affiliates. But until now, all of those transactions have been of the back-end variety.

The average age range of the first-time home buyer has been skewing younger since the start of the new millennium.

Population growth in rural areas over the next 15 years will be mostly elderly citizens. But the houses are aging, too, and the rural housing stock is currently not friendly to populations that want to age in place. What steps can be taken to remedy the issue?

Mortgage markets are doing well, but don’t take anything for granted, according to Freddie Mac's latest outlook.

Home values are growing at their fastest pace in two years, according to one analysis.

Appraisals have become lengthier and costlier since TRID went into effect in October 2015. But a survey of lenders showed that TRID is not to blame.

Less competition heading into the fall has meant more opportunities in the existing-homes market for first-time buyers. What effect is this having on existing-home sales?