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In the spirit of slow growth—as predicted by economists—there are several industry reports coming this week to see if they were indeed spot-on with their expectations for 2016. So will the slow growth housing market continue?

Research has shown that many millennials choose to live with their parents instead of establishing their own household. Is student debt and unemployment keeping them from buying a home?

Since the housing crisis, minority borrowers have had trouble getting a mortgage loan or been completely locked out of the housing market due to affordability problems. Now, eight years into the recovery, minorities are still a disproportionate part of the housing economy.

Housing markets across the nation have seen some major growth in home prices and sales over the last two years, but there are some markets are still lagging behind.

A borrower's credit score could be adversely affected by gender, according to a recent study. Typically, men have an average credit score of 630 out of 850, while women have an average score of 621 but the factors behind these scores is where the story gets interesting....

Mortgage interest rates have declined every week since the start of the year, and Freddie Mac believes this could continue until Treasury yields return to normal levels. Freddie ...

Low credit scores and high student debt are two major obstacles millennials face when applying for a mortgage, but this hopeful generation still dreams of homeownership . . . and some are achieving that dream.

As Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen wrapped up her semiannual monetary policy report testimony in front of the House Financial Services Committee Wednesday morning, Congress questioned her about possibly implementing a ...

Although lenders are being selective in who they lend to in terms of credit score, overall, mortgage lending standards have eased every quarter over the last two years. Could this be the beginning of yet another financial crisis?

Morgan Stanley is the latest firm to settle federal and state probes concerning "deceptive" handling of mortgage-backed securities. The firm will be the fourth deal to be struck among big U.S. banks’ role in the 2008 financial crisis.