The nation's largest title insurer won't say whether it was the target of a ransomware attack, sparking speculation that it paid a ransom to hackers exploiting Citrix Bleed software vulnerability
Demand for purchase loans picks up for 4th consecutive week, and bond market investors are pushing rates lower on hopes for Fed easing as inflation subsides
Annual home price appreciation of 5.5% pushes FHA loan limits up to a minimum of $498,257 in affordable markets and to a ceiling of up to $1.72M in high-cost states like Alaska and Hawaii
Surge in Q3 home prices pushes mortgage giants' conforming loan limits in high-cost housing markets to $1,149,825 for single-unit properties, and up to $2,211,600 for 4-unit properties
Fidelity National Financial acknowledges that a 'cybersecurity incident' disrupted the provision of title and escrow services and other technology the company provides to the real estate industry
Two closely watched forecasts agree that mortgage rates have probably peaked, but the MBA and Fannie Mae diverge sharply on how quickly they'll come down over the next 2 years
Requests for purchase loans were up 4% last week compared to the week before, but down 20% from the same time a year ago, Mortgage Bankers Association's weekly survey of lenders finds
Neither brand recognition nor the promise of lower rates were as valuable to agents as a mortgage lender's ability to reliably obtain funding, according to results from the latest Inman Intel Index
