Location Root Tag

Niagara Falls, N.Y., officials have filed what they say is among the first regional legal claims under a new state law meant to arm governments against the spread of urban blight.

The Key West City Commission held tight to its majority’s desire not to raise taxes, particularly after the island was battered by Hurricane Irma.

A new wholesale loan channel at CoreVest will work with mortgage brokers who are starting to source loans to house flippers for the first time.

Builder D.R. Horton is revising estimates for cash-flow from operations, certain expenses as a percentage of revenue and its backlog conversion rate in response to recent hurricanes.

California appears unlikely to be able to build enough homes in the coming years to put a meaningful dent in skyrocketing housing prices triggered by a shortage of affordable dwellings.

Bank of America is laying off an undisclosed number of technology and mortgage workers in Charlotte and elsewhere, the latest cuts this year to employees in such roles.

Wells Fargo has agreed to "good faith class settlement negotiations" to resolve a lawsuit that alleges the bank was making "stealth" mortgage modifications that could vastly increase homeowners’ borrowing costs, according to a filing Monday in federal bankruptcy court in Charlotte.

The Rockford housing market continues to outpace the rest of Illinois in sales gains and year-over-year price increases, the Rockford Area Realtors said.

Home prices in 20 U.S. cities climbed more than forecast in July, reflecting solid demand against a backdrop of modest listings of properties, figures from S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller showed.

A second straight decline in purchases of new homes, combined with downward revisions for prior months, show a tepid market as results begin to be clouded by the fallout from Hurricanes Harvey and Irma.

The former president of a defunct Long Island, N.Y.-based national mortgage lender was sentenced in federal court in Central Islip to three years of probation and ordered to pay $20 million in restitution to taxpayers.

Here's a look at the 12 cities where homeowners who bought low during the housing crisis profited the most when they sold in 2016.

Homeownership paid big dividends for Southern Californians who have owned their residences since the housing recovery began five years ago.

The plight of Orlando-area renters sheds light on a new set of post-Irma realities — rent payments on uninhabitable homes and apartments, challenges getting rent deposits refunded and few housing options in a tight rental market.

The parts of the U.S. most at risk of natural disasters are also the places where property values are highest and increasing most quickly.

Fewer Long Islanders are drowning in mortgage debt as the housing market continues its slow recovery.

Statewide home sales rose during August, despite a nationwide pullback in purchases of previously owned properties.

Wall Street analysts are keeping Dallas-Fort Worth on their watch list of markets where housing prices are out of whack.

Homeowners gained an average of $12,987 in equity from last year, with Western states leading the increase.

The Federal Housing Administration responded to lender concerns about timelines that delay property re-inspections after storms by issuing a waiver for properties affected by Hurricane Irma.