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

While buying a home in most markets results in lower monthly housing payments, in the nation's most populated counties renting is the more affordable option, Attom Data Solutions said.

The developer of three adjacent lots said one of the reasons for the sale was her time was up with her mortgage holders.

Mortgage industry hiring and new job appointments for the week ending Jan. 10

California homeowners with big home loans and vacation properties would owe higher taxes under new legislation to raise money for programs to get the state's homelessness crisis under control.

In a case highlighting a fraud risk for mortgage companies and other financial institutions, two Garden State residents were sentenced for using fake money orders attempting to fraudulently discharge debts.

Connecticut's housing market saw mixed performance in November, with solid gains in year-over-year median sale prices and total sales, but showing some overall weakness in year-to-date data released by the Massachusetts-based Warren Group.

Massachusetts cities and towns would have new options for funding local affordable housing under a proposal rolled out on Jan. 8: a fee of up to 2% on real estate sales above the statewide median sales price, and a higher fee on certain "speculative" property sales.

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

Mortgage rates fell to their lowest level since October as the financial markets reacted to rising tensions caused by the U.S. government's killing of an Iranian general, Freddie Mac said.