Longer loans, including a 50-year concept recently floated in the UK, are sometimes framed as a way to improve housing affordability. But the experts aren't convinced
APIs are designed to help lenders discover bias in algorithms and take a second look at rejected applicants
Mortgage lenders will soon be able to initiate foreclosure proceedings against homeowners who are 120 days behind on their mortgage payments
The Department of Housing and Urban Development plans on rescinding the Trump administration's protections for lenders accused of inadvertent discrimination
A proposed rule change is meant to give local officials more flexibility, but critics condemned the proposal as an attempt to "gut" fair housing efforts
New guidance from HUD and U.S. Treasury would end the conservatorship of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, while reforming the Federal Housing Administration
Report: Servicers should be required to consider alternatives
Center for Responsible Lending: Homeownership helps families build wealth
Agreement with DOJ also addresses treatment of married borrowers
Center for Responsible Lending: Higher minimums would hurt middle class
Civil rights groups calling for national foreclosure moratorium
Critic says legislation was 'unnecessarily burdensome'
Study: Latinos, African Americans more likely to have high-cost loans