Washington DC

The number of prospective buyers touring properties in the city last week fell 8.5% from a year earlier, according to data from Bright MLS, a regional multiple listing service. It's the eighth straight weekly decline.

Eagle Bancorp in Maryland took a major quarterly loss due to challenges in its office loan portfolio. It's one of many banks working to trim down their commercial real estate loan books.

Although a new administration means policy uncertainty, most analysts see the economy growing above trend next year, although inflation will remain a concern.

Warnings, finger pointing, and political infighting have consumed talks around a continuing resolution, but the details of the upcoming funding package are expected to be ironed out over the weekend for a likely vote early next week.

While congressional leaders fight over what to include with the $12 billion slated for FEMA, others feel that the reliance on FEMA and the federal government for disaster relief may begin to change.

Louisiana's Transportation Secretary and the former Assistant to the President for Infrastructure discuss the state of play in the U.S. P3 sector, the impact of the new infrastructure law, and what's in store for the next decade.

The Build Back Better reconciliation bill would raise the SALT cap to $80,000 from $10,000, and that impact varies widely from state to state.

IRS General Counsel Michael Desmond said Wednesday his office has received “a number of requests” for extending deadlines.

The Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act last week achieved a milestone by garnering bipartisan cosponsorship by more than half of the 435 members of the House.

Home price growth in certain markets surrounding Crystal City, Va., tripled the national average in the year since Amazon announced its second headquarters would go there.

Caught in the middle of a credit-subsidy debate, the program would have shut down on Tuesday without congressional action.

As budget questions loom over the most popular Small Business Administration loans, lenders have embraced the previously overshadowed 504 program after a key policy tweak.

About half of the multifamily housing units built nationally that use the federal 4% Low Income Housing Tax Credit are financed with tax-exempt PABs.

The tightest housing markets in the U.S. are unwinding in time for the key spring selling season, giving buyers an edge for the first time in years, a Trulia study said.

Listings in Washington, D.C., fell 20% in January from a year earlier, marking a third straight month of double-digit declines, according to Zillow.

If the government insists on forcing another shutdown, business owners are intent on letting Congress know how much the last one hurt.

The impasse has halted grant and loan applications and frozen many farm subsidies just weeks ahead of planting season.

The tricky part: raising awareness without appearing to take advantage of borrowers at a time when agencies like the SBA are out of commission.

Amazon's new HQ2 facilities in New York City and Washington, D.C., will create a flurry of housing and mortgage activity. But the direct benefits to mortgage lenders won't be as significant as they could've been in many of the other cities on Amazon's list of 20 finalists.