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A rise in refinance activity boosted mortgage applications up 3.6 percent from last week, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association's weekly mortgage applications survey for the week ending August 14, 2015.

In a recently released white paper analyzing actions taken by the Federal Reserve in the immediate aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis, St. Louis Fed VP Stephen D. Williamson questions a few of the central bank's policies and the effect they have had on the economy.

According to NASDAQ Dow Jones Business News, a positive housing data report raised U.S. Treasury yields on Tuesday.

The aging baby boomer population is something that is expected to affect both single family and multifamily housing markets, David Brickman, EVP of multifamily business at Freddie Mac explains in an executive perspective post.

Home sales fell in July, but still managed to hover over last July's levels and reach new heights not seen since 2008, according to the RE/MAX July 2015 National Housing Report released Tuesday.

Single-family construction starts climbed higher for the month of July, while permits and completions dropped, according to new residential construction statistics for July 2015 jointly released by the U.S. Census Bureau and HUD.

First-time homebuyers in the market today are waiting longer periods of time to purchase a home and are less likely to be married compared to first-time buyers in the 1970s and 1980s, according to a Zillow analysis released Monday.

Commentary is an ongoing series on theMReport.com that focuses on opinions, ideas, and insights from experts across mortgage banking. This advisory piece features Sanjeev Dahiwadkar, president and CEO of IndiSoft, LLC, discussing how mortgage lenders and servicers should not solely rely on technology in the mortgage industry to safeguard against potential fraudulent activity.

All mortgage originations, measured by loan count, jumped up to 1.48 million in Q2, which was an increase of 2.4 percent from the previous quarter and of 40 percent from the same quarter a year earlier.

The Federal Housing Administration announced Monday a new method that will be used to evaluate the lending practices of FHA-approved lenders and better understand the type of borrowers they are serving.