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No city exemplifies the mania of the COVID-era U.S. housing market better than Boise, Idaho, where prices have surged by more than 30% in the past year. But in a sudden reversal, buyers are now the ones with power.

Despite Boise's supply shortage and skyrocketing prices, homes in Ada County have always been built primarily by local builders. That could soon change.

Home sales to the top four iBuying companies more than doubled in Southern California this past spring, jumping 123% from the quarter before to an all-time high of 789 homes, a Zillow analysis shows.

The municipalities are based in New York, which has the highest volume of such properties across the U.S.

A renter making minimum wage would have to work 77 hours a week — nearly two full-time jobs — to afford a two-bedroom apartment in Michigan.

The proposed acquisition comes just days after Better.com announced plans to buy London-based online loan broker Trussle Lab.

Palm Beach County commissioners will soon provide input about how frequently high-rise buildings should be inspected for safety, following the deadly collapse of a 12-story condominium in Surfside.

Historic data suggests that first time home buyers may want to wait out current market conditions, a new report states.

The ruling confirms that a state precedent regarding forward mortgages also applies to home equity conversion loans.

The scheme's victims included an elderly woman and a local title agency that lost $230,000 in the fraudulent property transfer.

Manny Alvarez, the head of California’s Department of Financial Protection and Innovation, told staff that he plans to leave on June 18. Chief Deputy Commissioner Chris Shultz will be appointed to lead the agency on an interim basis.

The defendants face 133 felony counts that include allegedly stealing identities to commit mortgage fraud between 2014 and 2020, resulting in the theft of $15 million.

The busiest season for home buying took off with a bang last month, as fierce competition among buyers drove prices up and sales soared to one of the highest levels in years.

The SmartBuy program, offered by the Illinois Housing Development Authority, has drawn interest from out-of-state buyers too.

Sales in February rose 22.8 percent from the same month in 2020. A total of 1,062 homes changed hands last month compared with 865 the previous February, according to a Maine Listings report released Monday.

The servicer owned by Mr. Cooper agreed to pay a penalty for allegedly failing to provide its clients with clear information on foreclosure and defaults.

With extreme winter weather about to give way to ballooning insurance and mortgage forbearance claims in Texas, servicers will need to get through their pipelines with urgency while weeding out fraud.

Mortgage companies are working to forge links with homeowners’ insurers to avoid delays that could compound damage to customer service and properties.

The Madison, Wis.-based credit union will donate $1.5 million to a pair of United Way chapters in the region which will help distribute the funds to organizations serving communities of color.

First Foundation is relocating its corporate headquarters to Dallas, where the tax burden is lighter and it sees more opportunity to beef up lending, add wealth management clients and pursue acquisitions of community banks.