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Here's a look at the top 10 markets where it's more affordable to buy a home than rent a three-bedroom property.

Here's a look at 10 housing markets where limited competition, lower prices and plentiful inventory give buyers the upper hand in home sales transactions.

The Home Affordable Refinance Program recorded a 45% drop in volume in October from the previous year as it continunes to wind down, according to the Federal Housing Finance Agency.

The company has agreed to buy the operations of Veterans Mortgage in Salt Lake City.

Regulatory changes that would put an end to state and local tax deductions could prompt many homeowners in high-tax states to consider relocating, a Redfin survey shows.

Despite rapid price gains and tight inventory nationally, prices in many of the largest housing markets are still below the peaks reached before the Great Recession.

Here's a look at the 10 cities where strong employment and for-sale inventory are expected to keep housing markets bustling with activity during the normally slow year-end months.

Seven flood-prone Highland Park, Ill., homes adjacent to forks of the North Branch of the Chicago River could potentially be purchased, demolished and converted to open space under a voluntary flood buyout.

A new city program approved by the Chicago City Council will offer vacant lots to affordable housing developers for $1 each.

A lawyer has been convicted on federal fraud charges for scheming to provide falsified documents to prevent foreclosure on a nearly $2 million parcel of land in Aurora, Ill.

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.

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.

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.

Affordability concerns influenced a consumer's decision to search for a home in a different city, a Redfin study found.

Here's a look at the 12 cities where the combination of prices and local wages offer homebuyers the best bang for the buck this house hunting season.

Wintrust Mortgage has committed to funding $40 million in below-market fixed interest-rate loans in the Chicago area through a partnership with Habitat for Humanity.

The average Chicago property tax bill is going up about 10% this year following City Hall and Chicago Public Schools tax hikes to pay for police, fire and teacher pensions.

The Federal Trade Commission filed a civil suit against him in 2003. The Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation suspended his loan originator registration in 2010.

For Jennifer and Jason Parks, the serene block of tidy bungalows and three-flats in the heart of Chicago's South Shore was the perfect place to buy their first house in 2013.

Devon Bank in Chicago has a long history serving immigrant groups in one of the nation's most diverse neighborhoods. Right now, its clients are worried about President Trump's actions on immigration and deportation.