The Lede

The Real Deal (New York), Apr. 22, 2016--Harney, Kenneth If you're planning to buy a home with a low down payment, you need to be aware of some important but virtually unpublicized price changes underway in the mortgage market.

Wall Street Journal, Apr. 22, 2016--Kirkham, Chris Shrinking inventories make housing less affordable just as the crucial spring selling season is heating up.

Bloomberg News, Apr. 22, 2016--Clark, Patrick Developers have started to leverage adaptive reuse over the past three years, leading to creative conversions across the U.S., often from vacant or underutilized office buildings to full-service, lifestyle and select-service hotels.

Housing Wire, Apr. 22, 2016--Gaffney, Jacob Small, work-from-home loan originators at some credit unions dodged the latest regulatory attempt to force them them to open commercial offices. Wall Street bankers, however, aren't as lucky.

Housing Wire, Apr. 22, 2016--Ramirez, Kelsey SunTrust's first-quarter revenue rose 5.4 percent to $2.1 billion. The bank's mortgage production income for the current quarter was $60 million compared to $53 million for the prior quarter.

National Mortgage News, Apr. 22, 2016--Collins, Brian Senate appropriators approved $13 million in new funding to update the Federal Housing Administration's "outdated and unautomated" information technology systems, but rejected President Obama's proposed way of paying for it.

Virginian-Pilot, Apr. 23, 2016--Rockefeller, Steve Surveys show that 40 percent of repeat buyers and 66 percent of first-time homebuyers put less than 10 percent down. Understanding all of your low-down-payment mortgage options may aid you in obtaining a mortgage while helping to save money.

Wall Street Journal, Apr. 24, 2016--Kapner, Susan Department stores need to close hundreds of locations if they want to regain the productivity they had a decade ago, according to new research from Green Street Advisors. The real-estate research firm estimates that the closures could include nearly 800 department stores, or about a fifth of all anchor space in U.S. malls.

National Mortgage News, Apr. 22, 2016--Passy, Jacob HUD said Friday that an agreement was reached between Fidelity Bank and the Fair Housing Project of North Carolina Legal Aid.

Reuters, Apr. 24, 2016--Spicer, Jonathan; Saphir, Ann Federal Reserve policymakers are expected to hold interest rates steady when they meet this week, but may tweak their description of the economic outlook to reflect more benign conditions, leaving the path open for future rate rises.

TechCrunch.com, Apr. 24, 2016--Saklecha, Akhil Technology has enabled radical changes in how and where people invest in real estate. The old adage that real estate investing is a local business no longer holds true.

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