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Private mortgage insurance has overtaken the FHA for largest share in the U.S. mortgage insurance market. Will the FHA act to try and regain the highest market share?

Q3 marked the third straight quarter in which lenders reported a net positive profit margin outlook, according to Fannie Mae. Notably, compliance costs were less of a concern among lenders compared with Q3 last year.

Buyers saving up to buy a home had better be patient. No matter what the city or what the age group, saving for a new home will take years‒‒in some cases, decades.

Mortgage rates have hovered slightly above record lows since June. But now they may be on the way back up.

Millions of homeowners are in a negative equity position with their homes. That number is dropping substantially every quarter, however.

The Five Star Conference and Expo celebrated the achievements of women in housing for the fourth straight year.

The already low prospect of a rate hike by the Federal Reserve later this month just became even lower following a speech this week by Fed Governor Lael Brainard.

As the country is sharply divided on two of the most polarizing presidential candidates in history, perhaps it is not a surprise that the two major political parties are equally divided on a proposal to roll back Dodd-Frank.

Federal officials are pondering the weight of student loan debt on young adults. Do the benefits of higher education outweigh the downside of student loan debt when it comes to homeownership?

Home price growth, uncertainty about down payments, and tight supply are making renters less sure of whether it’s a good time to buy a home, according to one analysis.