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The Jacksonville, Fla., housing picture continued its trend of mixed results in July.

The world's headlong dash to zero or negative interest rates just passed another milestone: Homebuyers in Denmark effectively are being paid to take out 10-year mortgages.

1st Alliance has ceased lending activities following the loss of bonding in Connecticut, plus financial concerns it links to a state regulatory dispute, but it may later seek to recapitalize.

A West Philadelphia real estate developer who bribed a city official to get an inside track on sheriff's sales was sentenced to serve one month in federal prison, followed by nine months of home confinement.

July brought some zip to a Portland area housing market that had been in the doldrums relative to the past few years, but the rally might prove short-lived.

Despite a record streak of higher prices, some economists believe homes in certain Bay Area communities should be considered a bargain. And that's even with median price tags easily topping a million bucks.

The industry has long worried that the ability-to-repay rule gives borrowers an avenue to fight foreclosure, but one plaintiff’s experience may discourage others from trying.

The percentage of Americans behind in their mortgage payments is at a 20-year low. And even fewer Dallas-area homeowners are late with payments than the national average, according to CoreLogic.

Sales activity in the metro Atlanta housing market has chilled this summer, but prices continue to rise steadily, according to a report released this week.

Massachusetts home sale agreements shot up 9% in July, compared to a year ago, and the median price of a single-family home put under agreement last month rose to almost $440,000.

Bucking a national trend, the Tampa Bay area saw an increase in new foreclosure filings in the first half of the year.

Builders in Oakland are on course to create more new housing units than San Francisco this year, a notable role reversal for a city that has long produced far less residential development than its wealthier and more bustling neighbor across the bay.

There's a silver lining to the recent economic turbulence: Mortgage rates have tumbled in recent weeks, triggering a rush to refinance and a race to the closing table for many Twin Citians.

For the first time in years, the San Diego County housing market is starting to cool.

A key measure of the sales prices for homes saw its largest jump this year, as Charlotte's real estate market continues to struggle with a shortage of homes and rising demand.

Genworth Financial agreed to sell its Canadian unit to Brookfield Business Partners for C$2.4 billion ($1.8 billion) as it works to win regulatory approval for its acquisition by China Oceanwide Holdings Group.

Foreign buyers have cooled on the U.S. residential home market, dropping investments by more than one-third over the previous year and spending less in expensive California.

Some Ohio homeowners who lost their property to foreclosure unknowingly signed over the rights to the excess sales proceeds for a fraction of the amount.

Genworth Financial's efforts to advance its sale to China Oceanwide hit a roadblock as bondholders did not respond to a consent solicitation for easing a possible Canadian mortgage insurance unit sale.

Lower mortgage rates sent Dallas-Fort Worth homebuyers to the closing table in record numbers in July.