Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac completed 43,903 foreclosure prevention actions during the fourth quarter, raising the number of homeowners who have been helped to 6.9 million since the conservatorships started in 2008, the Federal Housing Finance Agency reported.

CBRE, Dallas, released a new report finding average mortgage payments are 38% higher than average apartment rents as of year-end.

Following a winter that saw nearly a third of rental listings offering tenants tempting concessions such as free months of rent or free parking, Zillow, Seattle, said the share of rentals offering perks may have peaked.