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Capitol Federal Financial has mostly relied on mortgages throughout its history. Its acquisition of a commercial lender will change that.

A ring of thieves illegally took ownership of more than 40 homes across South Florida in a multimillion-dollar plan — even stealing properties that belonged to the dead, authorities say.

Sonoma County supervisors have signed off on a wide-ranging suite of policy changes intended to encourage construction of more new homes seven months after nearly 5,300 residences were lost here in last year's devastating wildfires.

Home sale prices in the Baltimore region continued their upward march in April, with the median price hitting $267,900, as the inventory of homes listed for sale remained tight.

There's a reason why people are seriously considering having Miami teachers live at school.

Every month it seems the Charlotte home market can't get much tighter, then every month, it does.

Wells Fargo must pay $97 million to home mortgage consultants and private mortgage bankers in California who didn't get the breaks they were entitled to under the state's stringent labor laws.

California is set to become the first state to require solar panels on all newly built single-family houses.

The mortgage market continued to perform well in the first quarter as delinquencies declined annually for the 19th straight quarter, according to TransUnion.

Real estate brokers said it could easily be a year or two before property values in the immediate and surrounding areas of lava breakouts recover after the eruption ceases.

Bank of Montreal is wooing homebuyers with a variable mortgage rate with the biggest discount ever by a large Canadian bank, according to one market watcher.

Despite an especially strong hurricane season last year, the national mortgage delinquency rate fell on an annual basis, signaling a healthier economy, according to CoreLogic.

Dallas-area home prices grew slightly faster than the nationwide rate in the latest comparison by CoreLogic.

Spokane, Wash.-area housing prices took another big leap in April, with the median sales price topping $231,000.

Lorie Shannon, recruited from SunTrust, will oversee a strategy that features large, non-QM mortgages in key markets.

California lost lower-income residents to other states over a recent 11-year period, while gaining wealthier households from elsewhere in the U.S. The disparity reflects the state's sky-high rents and home prices.

The Colorado Springs homebuilding industry has had a good year — and it's only four months old.

Preferred Bank's experience with an apartment developer is a reminder of how important strict underwriting terms will be as loan demand increases, rates rise and lenders try to outdo each other.

An economic revival in Canada's second-biggest city is fueling a real estate renaissance, speeding up sales, shrinking inventories and luring foreign buyers.

The same story is playing out, over and over: People are flocking to the Bay Area for high-skilled, highly paid jobs, while cashiers and teachers are, increasingly, saying goodbye to a place they no longer can afford.