The Federal Housing Finance Agency announced several steps designed to loosen tight mortgage standards and help more potential buyers qualify for financing this year.

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When’s the most popular day of the week to put a property on the market?

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Last year, foreclosure filings reached their lowest annual total since 2006, prior to the financial crisis, but “deferred distress” could make them spike in some local markets.

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Mortgage lending plunged 36 percent last year, marking the industry’s worst showing in about 17 years. But here’s why economists say “better days are ahead.”

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If lenders don’t provide proper disclosures, home owners have the right to cancel their mortgages, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled this week.

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Markets that are strongholds for technology jobs are changing as the industry evolves.
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