HUD Grants $75M In Job Training For Public Housing Residents
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has awarded $75 million in grants to help public and assisted housing residents connect...
House Drops Ethics Probe Of Maxine Waters
A congressional probe into whether Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., improperly influenced a federal bailout of a bank has been dropped. According to an...
Three States Join Lawsuit Challenging Dodd-Frank Constitutionality
A lawsuit that challenges the constitutionality of the Dodd-Frank Act has gained the backing of three Republican state attorneys general. Bloomberg News reports...
FDIC Workshops To Focus On Obtaining Failed Bank Assets
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. (FDIC) has announced a series of outreach workshops to provide information on how to invest in or purchase...
Wintrust Financial Acquires Community Bank
Rosemont, Ill.-based Wintrust Financial Corp. has signed a definitive agreement to acquire HPK Financial Corp., the parent company of Hyde Park Bank and...
Tim Pawlenty Named CEO Of Financial Services Roundtable
The Financial Services Roundtable has named former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty as its new president and CEO, effective Nov. 1. Pawlenty will take...
FHFA Sends Notice On State-Level G-Fees
The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) has sent to the Federal Register a Notice presenting an approach to adjust the guarantee fees (G-fees)...
Housing Starts Up In August
Single-family housing starts in August were at a rate of 535,000, a 5.5% increase above the revised July figure of 507,000, according to...
NAR: Existing-Home Sales Up In August
Total existing-home sales rose 7.8% to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.82 million in August, according to new data from the National...
Zillow: Home Prices Down, Rents Up In August
Home values fell for the first time in nine months in August, declining 0.1% month-over-month, according to new data from Seattle-based Zillow. However,...
Home Builder Confidence Hits New High
Builder confidence in the market for newly built, single-family homes rose for a fifth consecutive month in September to a level of 40...
Mortgage Applications Dipped Last Week
Mortgage applications were down slightly from one week earlier, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association's (MBA) weekly mortgage applications survey for...
UT Austin Reintroduces Real Estate Certification Program
The McCombs School of Business at The University of Texas at Austin has begun taking applications for its new Undergraduate Real Estate Certificate...
Fed’s Facebook Poll Finds Public Anger At QE3
It may not be the most scientific way to conduct a survey, but an informal poll conducted on a certain ubiquitous website suggests...
RE/MAX: Home Sales Up 2.5% In August
August home sales rose 2.5% higher than sales in July and were 8.5% higher than August 2011 sales, according to the latest National...
Survey: Loan Officers Cite Problems In Technology And Leadership
Technology and interoffice communications remain key areas for corporate improvement, according to the 2012 Loan Officer Core Business Components Survey released by Hammerhouse...
Survey Finds Women More Interested Than Men In Homeownership
A new survey determines that women are more concentrated on pursuing homeownership than men. According to TD Bank's home buyer poll, 64% of...
Alpine Mortgage Joins Inlanta Mortgage
Brookfield, Wis.-based Inlanta Mortgage has expanded into New England with Manchester, N.H.-based Alpine Mortgage LLC joining Inlanta. Scott Reid (pictured left), founder and...
Citigroup Executives Cited In Fraud Case Resign
Two Citigroup Inc. executives named by federal prosecutors in a mortgage insurance fraud case have resigned from their jobs. According to a Bloomberg...
Realtors: ‘Sensible Lending Standards’ Would Reanimate Housing
U.S. home sales - and, by extentsion, job creation - could be 'notably higher' if financial institutions could return to 'reasonably safe and...