Housing

Facebook has disabled so-called ethnic affinity filters from housing, credit and employment advertising following mounting criticism that the practice allowed marketers to discriminate against minorities in violation of fair housing and civil rights laws.

Industry forecasts for 2017 mortgage volume assumed a continuation of current housing and economic policies under a Hillary Clinton administration. But with Donald Trump's win, analysts are sorting out what, if any, adjustments are needed to those projections.

Officials of the National Association of Realtors were ecstatic about the Federal Housing Administration's lower owner-resident requirements for condo loans – until they read the fine print.

A community banker on the president-elect's economic advisory council says none of his tax reforms target the mortgage interest deduction.

The historic election has presented an opportunity for a comprehensive overhaul of the housing finance system after eight years of gridlock.

The heightened refinancing activity is seen as increasing Ginnie Mae prepayment speeds and reducing the value of mortgage servicing rights.

Housing was the talk of the campaign two presidential elections ago, but it stayed under the radar in the 2016 race, leaving plenty of room to speculate about President-elect Donald Trump's likely mortgage policy for the next four years.

The Justice Department has widened its investigation of Fulton Financial’s mortgage lending practices to include four new units.

Since the government-sponsored enterprises began experimenting with both front-end and back-end deals in which part of the credit risk is shared with third parties, investors have been watching carefully.

Fannie Mae's new representation and warranty relief offers lenders a long-awaited incentive to use its automated loan validation technology. But is it enough for lenders to make the necessary technology updates and process changes to implement the tools?