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July home sales in the Chicago area fell 4.9% from the previous year, continuing a trend of weaker sales that began in the spring.

After months of increasing sales and declining inventory, Rhode Island's housing market experienced a 4% sales dip in July, but strong demand pushed the median house price up by nearly 3%, to $270,000.

A Collier County, Fla., man was arrested last week after he forged signatures to obtain mortgage loans totaling $180,000, state investigators said.

Laurance H. Freed, a Chicago developer, has been sentenced to three years in prison and ordered to pay $825,000 in fines and restitution in connection with a double-pledging scheme.

Reporting requirements for title insurers and agents have been expanded to cover more types of high-end real estate transactions, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network said.

Buying into the American dream of homeownership is getting more costly in Chattanooga.

While the national foreclosure crisis no longer commands much attention, a seven-year-old lawsuit tied to the foreclosure of a Centerville, Ohio, home continues to wind its way through the federal court system.

Quaint Oak Bank has acquired Premier Choice Real Estate, which specializes in selling bank-owned properties.

Growth in U.S. Bank's mortgage business is prompting a hiring spree in St. Louis, with plans for up to 200 new local jobs.

Sales slipped but prices rose in July as a short supply of homes for sale put pressure on Wisconsin's housing market.

The median price for a single-family home in Marin County, Calif., is more than $1.3 million and at that price only 17% of Marin households can afford to buy.

The nonbank lender and servicer's long-awaited rebrand comes along with wholesale changes across its entire operation to better emphasize the customer experience.

Cash deals are by no means dead, but they aren't dominating the South Florida housing market the way they once did.

California's high housing costs are driving poor and middle income people out of their housing like never before. While some are fleeing coastal areas for cheaper living inland, others are leaving the state altogether.

A new state law meant to combat the blight of "zombie" homes across New York lacks effective enforcement to hold banks accountable for actually maintaining the properties on Staten Island.

The Toledo, Ohio, area is among the top five metro area in the country with the highest share of mortgaged properties that are "seriously underwater," that is, more is owed than the property is worth.

Mortgage holders could see their security interest wiped out if a borrower in Texas or Nevada gets a property tax loan where the lien has priority over the first mortgage.

The USDA recently announced its rural housing program, which has been around for decades, would increase the amount buyers can borrow, a sign of rising housing costs across the nation.

After a strong sales bump in June, the Sonoma County, Calif., housing market declined in July to the slowest pace of sales in seven years.

Two Tampa Bay, Fla., homeowners are suing JPMorgan Chase Bank for attempting to continue to collect on what they say were already-paid-off mortgages.