Connecticut

Home sale prices in greater Hartford got a late summer bump in August and appear to be on a pace to register a modest year-over-year gain for the year.

1st Alliance Lending plans to cut up to 35 employees in Connecticut and terminate efforts to expand its East Hartford headquarters in order to prepare for an expected increase in regulatory costs.

Connecticut closed out the spring home buying market on a positive, with both sales and prices rising in July, a new report showed.

Single-family home sales in Connecticut fell in June, though the median price climbed to a five-year high.

June home sales in Greater Hartford lost the upward momentum of earlier this year, as purchases and prices paid slipped for the second month in a row.

Fairfield County dominates the state's residential real estate market — but experts still see room for improvement.

Connecticut entered July with the fifth-highest rate of residential mortgages under foreclosure in the nation, according to a study of more than 360,000 foreclosures nationally over the first six months of the year.

Home sales in greater Hartford slowed in May — in the thick of the spring home buying season — and prices paid slipped, after three straight months of encouraging gains, a new report shows.

The spring home buying market in Greater Hartford got a healthy boost in April, with home sales and prices both showing gains compared with the same month a year ago.

WMC Mortgage, a leading subprime originator during the boom era, could file for bankruptcy by parent company General Electric if it loses a legal proceeding regarding indemnifications on mortgage-backed securities.