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The former president of a defunct Long Island, N.Y.-based national mortgage lender was sentenced in federal court in Central Islip to three years of probation and ordered to pay $20 million in restitution to taxpayers.

The rate of growth in year-over-year home price appreciation stabilized in July, after accelerating throughout every month this year, according to Black Knight Financial Services.

Here's a look at the 12 cities where homeowners who bought low during the housing crisis profited the most when they sold in 2016.

In a business populated by extroverts, Diana Reid views herself as an introvert. The head of PNC Real Estate at PNC Financial Services Group says it's an attribute that she's made an asset as she looks to build consensus and drive business growth.

In a new book, Mehrsa Baradaran argues that the same forces of poverty that African-American banks were supposed to alleviate are now holding them back.

Homeownership paid big dividends for Southern Californians who have owned their residences since the housing recovery began five years ago.

The plight of Orlando-area renters sheds light on a new set of post-Irma realities — rent payments on uninhabitable homes and apartments, challenges getting rent deposits refunded and few housing options in a tight rental market.

Borrower and mortgage eligibility problems, a sign of the shift to a purchase market, were the leading cause of critical defects found following post-closing reviews, according to Aces Risk Management.

Acting Comptroller of the Currency Keith Noreika on Monday gave a ringing endorsement to online lenders seeking to expand into banking, suggesting they should consider taking deposits and seek out national bank charters as they mature.

The parts of the U.S. most at risk of natural disasters are also the places where property values are highest and increasing most quickly.