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With multi-billion dollar mortgage-backed securities settlements mostly in the rear view mirror, Bank of America and Morgan Stanley both posted solid results in their respective Q4 and full year 2015 earnings statements released on Tuesday

First-time homebuyers have been touch-and-go in the housing market since the crisis, but that here today, gone tomorrow trend could be changing for the better.

Home builder confidence in January 2016 changed very little from December's level, but this only means that economists were spot on with their predictions for the new year.

Trulia, a San Francisco-based online real estate site for homebuyers and renters, has promoted its Housing Economist, Ralph McLaughlin, to fill the Chief Economist position with the company.

Westcor Land Title Insurance Company recently appointed Ryan Peterson as the company's new EVP. In his new role, Peterson will provide senior leadership to Westcor’s newest division, Investor Services.

Vince Nowicki, VP of Real Estate Originations at Mission Federal Credit Union shares some insight on the largest issues that credit unions face on a day-to-day and how they are overcoming them.

Unaffordable housing markets across the U.S. may pose a challenge for investors searching for properties. See which hot markets made the pricey list and may begin to cool this year.

New York Federal Reserve President delivers a rate hike forecast for coming year, but the economic outlook has not changed much at all.

Last week’s settlement between Goldman Sachs and several regulators, including the U.S. Department of Justice, for $5 billion to resolve claims of RMBS fraud has fueled speculation among analysts that the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) will reach a settlement in the next few weeks to resolve claims.

While appraisers were once a revered source of information in the housing industry, a changing industry alongside Big Data and an influx of new technology, have drastically changed the appraiser’s world. Editor's note: This select print feature appears in the January 2016 edition of MReport magazine, available now