Illinois

June saw the largest monthly total of homes sold in the city's housing market in almost 11 years, according to Rockford Area Association of Realtors.

A new court filing suggests that Stephen Calk was named to a 13-member economic advisory team in 2016 in exchange for approving a $9.5 million loan to former campaign manager Paul Manafort.

The Royal Bank of Scotland is paying $20 million to settle an investigation by the Illinois attorney general related to the bank's marketing and sale of residential mortgage-backed securities.

Total home sales are down in Rockford, Ill., but the average sale price has increased, Rockford Area Realtors reported.

Conversations about the current housing market often have good news/bad news scenarios.

Union Bankshares has reached an agreement under which Federal Savings Bank will originate mortgages in its branches.

Newbies to Chicago's suburbs are increasingly stowing cars and slipping into walking shoes.

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.

Situs subsidiary MountainView Financial Solutions is brokering a $6.1 billion package of government-sponsored enterprise and Ginnie Mae servicing rights.

Spring has sprung and weather temps should be going up, but Chicago rent prices are going down — that's according to Zumper, an apartment listing platform.

RoundPoint Mortgage Servicing Corp. is now subservicing mortgages originated by Neighborhood Lending Services, a Chicago-based nonprofit that provides fixed-rate loans for home purchases, refinancings and renovations.

Home equity levels increased year-to-year in the fourth quarter of 2017 following a larger-than-expected surge in home prices during the past year.

Chicago-based mortgage lender Guaranteed Rate has laid off about 180 employees around the country — including about 30 in Chicago — after the amount of new mortgage loans the company funded dipped in 2017.

The Wrigley Building is expected to go up for sale, in a deal that could fetch more than $200 million for one of Chicago's most iconic buildings.

The Chicago bank is denying a report that its CEO, Steve Calk, made $16 million in mortgage loans to former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort in exchange for a job in the White House.

Almost two years after settling mortgage securitization allegations with the Department of Justice and a group of states, Goldman Sachs has fulfilled more than half of its consumer relief commitment.

A former associate of Cook County Judge Jessica Arong O'Brien pleaded guilty Friday to her role in a $1.4 million mortgage fraud scheme and is expected to testify at O'Brien's criminal trial next month.

Chicago-area home sales rose at a slower pace in 2017 than in each of the preceding two years, in large part because demand outstripped supply.

The Illinois company reported strong loan growth, an wider net interest margin and a one-time net tax benefit of nearly $8 million tied to recently passed tax reform.

Guild Mortgage is adding to its Midwestern mortgage origination operations through the acquisition of Cornerstone Mortgage of St. Louis.