U.S. Court puts pressure on HUD to help surviving spouses stay in their homes.

Real estate executives are looking for ways to motivate reluctant buyers who don't want to give up their current low mortgage rates.

The Obama administration is urging housing advocates to stand behind legislation to overhaul the housing finance market, ahead of a Senate Banking Committee vote scheduled for the end of April.

Mortgage rates fell, sending costs for 30-year loans to the lowest since early February as the Federal Reserve confirmed its commitment to provide support for the economic recovery.

As drafted, the Johnson-Crapo bill would allow big banks to originate, aggregate, and guarantee mortgages. Small lenders worry such vertically integrated companies could price them out of the business.

B of A caught observers off guard by announcing $6 billion in mortgage litigation expenses, but the move is an attempt to convince analysts and investors that there is an end in sight to its crisis-era legal woes. It just might work.

Perpetrators fraudulently acquired close to 40 homes, and used at least one to grow marijuana when it became vacant.

Mortgage applications, including requests for refinancings and for home purchase loans, rose from the previous week for the week ended April 11.