New York

The pursuit of a dream home became a nightmare for apartment hunters who were scammed out of tens of thousands of dollars by an agent pushing a phony affordable housing scheme in Brooklyn, N.Y., authorities said.

It's been a rough decade for luxury Manhattan co-ops, and the future doesn't look so rosy either.

In another sign of state officials trying to outdo the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, governors in California and New York want greater authority to license and oversee the debt collection industry.

Vision Property Management has settled accusations made by New York regulators of predatory lending practices for a total of $3.75 million in cash and forgiven mortgage loan balances.

If Amazon.com's botched expansion in New York City offers a cautionary tale, Google is showing there's another way.

Home sellers in the suburbs north of New York City discounted their way to a strong fourth quarter, whittling pricing to levels that even luxury buyers found appealing

Goldman Sachs is sponsoring a $1.33 billion bond offering backed by commercial mortgages, in the first rated conduit deal of the year.

Home sales in the borough slipped 1.2% in the fourth quarter, and that's the best news for the market in two years.

A trade group is looking into why New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo felt foreclosure risks were too high to sign a bill that would have approved reverse mortgages for cooperative properties.

The deadline for China Oceanwide to complete its acquisition of Genworth Financial was extended for a 13th time, following completion of the sale of Genworth MI Canada to Brookfield Business Partners.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has signed legislation aimed at getting mortgage companies to take quicker action on vacant properties.

A judge dismissed New York's mortgage-fraud case against former Trump campaign chief Paul Manafort, undermining the state's effort to ensure that the jailed political adviser doesn't go free if he’s eventually pardoned for his federal crimes.

A larger share of Manhattan high-end residential property purchasers took out a mortgage during the third quarter rather than pay all cash for their condominium

According to a survey by the National Association of Realtors, 12% of homebuyers in 2019 bought a multigenerational home.

From the municipalities surrounding Silicon Valley to New York's concrete jungle, here's a look at the 14 most expensive ZIP codes to buy a home in 2019, according to PropertyShark.

The Buffalo Niagara region's steadily strengthening housing market isn't showing any signs of losing steam as the traditional winter slowdown approaches.

Realtors in the Albany, N.Y., region are hoping that the tight supply of homes for sale will push prices up enough to encourage more listings.

Years after the foreclosure crisis ended, the Tampa Bay area still has 305 "zombies'' — vacant homes in some stage of foreclosure.

Continue to look for deals, but don't be afraid to put money into assets offering competitive short-term rewards.

As tenant advocates press for even more restrictive rules for rents and capital improvements to support asset values, look for the flow of investment into multifamily real estate to dwindle.