With the government shutdown entering its third week, mortgage lending and servicing operations are being affected.

Outstanding household debt increased by 1.6 percent in the third quarter of 2018, rising by $219 billion to land at $13.51 trillion, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York reported today.

The Federal Housing Finance Agency and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau today released a new loan-level set collected through its National Survey of Mortgage Originations.

The number of home loans backed by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac that are 60 days or more past due dropped from 1.4 percent to 1.2 percent at the end of the second quarter, according to the Federal Housing Finance Agency’s foreclosure prevention report released today. Seriously delinquent loans — those that are 90 days or more past due — ...