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Businesses are investing more, people are finding jobs, and inflation is picking up, meaning higher interest rates for homebuyers.

The program is aimed at increasing homeownership in neighborhoods where soaring rents have left tens of thousands of low- and moderate-income tenants trying to live in Baltimore without being one of the nearly 7,500 tenants who get evicted each year.

The trial of a former Cantor Fitzgerald mortgage-backed securities trader charged with lying to his clients turned contentious as his lawyer aggressively questioned one of his alleged victims about methods his firm uses to invest.

Mortgage and title insurance companies licensed in New York need to file disaster response plans this year in line with increased state attention to business continuity planning.

Portland-area home prices pushed further into record territory in February, but their growth slowed to the lowest level in more than two years.

The bank holding the mortgage on a home owned by a Wichita, Kans. woman accused of embezzling millions from two physician-owned medical businesses and her estranged husband has stated foreclosure proceedings.

The Seattle company has faced criticism from an investor over its commitment to the business, which lost money in the first quarter.

More than half of Dallas-area neighborhoods saw a decline in home purchases in early 2018 after years of rising sales.

The lower end of Santa Cruz's downtown, a major gateway to the city's commercial core, is beginning to see some of the attention its busier north end has enjoyed to date.

Former Cantor Fitzgerald managing director David Demos is on trial, accused of deceiving clients about the prices his firm could sell or pay for mortgage-backed securities.

FHA mortgage denials are higher now than they were 20 years ago. Here's a look at the 12 housing markets with the largest combined denial rates for black, Asian and Hispanic applicants.

A special agent who used to work for an investigative arm of Immigration and Customs Enforcement pleaded guilty to defrauding Freddie Mac and SunTrust Mortgage through a short sale.

Homes worth $1 million or more this year continue to generate the biggest growth in residential sales for Sonoma County, Calif., even as the number of purchases keep falling in the less expensive portion of the market.

For decades, the single-family house surrounded by a white picket fence has symbolized the American dream of home ownership.

The Portland area's housing market fell into in a familiar pattern in March, with strong demand undercut by a slim supply of homes on the market.

South Florida's economy seems to be firing on all cylinders. Unemployment is low, construction activity has rebounded and home values have bounced back.

The news of the data breach cast a shadow over relatively strong first-quarter earnings for the Atlanta bank.

The Austin area's home sales and median home sales price both hit record highs for the month of March, bringing the region's housing market to a strong close for the first quarter.

Homes sales in metro Toledo, Ohio, dropped 4.3% in March even as area home prices continued to rise, according to new figures from the Toledo Regional Association of Realtors.

Fierce competition for a limited number of homes pushed house prices higher in March, with Southern California homebuyers paying the highest median prices in more than a decade.