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Broward County in Florida has the highest property tax increase since 2019, at 56.80%.

Cases involving accusations of redlining, kickbacks, underpaid employees and more swept across the mortgage industry in recent months.

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Mortgage companies are looking for ways to open up credit to more borrowers, but insurance-cost spikes have made a difficult situation more challenging.

It's not an unthinkable notion. There have been a handful of attempts at systematically moving populations away from regions severely affected by climate change.

Sunsetting the federal oversight of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac could ease the cost of renewing President Trump's 2017 tax act, but doing so is an uphill battle.

Impacted borrowers should anticipate some breaks from insurance coverage and home loan payments, but timelines and relief funds could vary significantly.

The insurance market going into the Jan. 7 catastrophe already had been hit with non-renewals and cancellations -- and an overburdened state-supported insurance plan. A Morningstar analyst said the state insurance commissioner's reform strategy could have turned it around but now faces new obstacles.

Gov. Gavin Newsom modeled his latest order on a similar ban imposed in Hawaii following the 2023 Maui wildfire that aimed to protect community wealth.

Lawsuits challenging the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's final rule on medical debt are the latest issues facing banks ahead of Donald Trump's return.

When residents can finally return to see what's left of their homes, filing a claim and understanding the process could be challenging for many.

Los Angeles already had a housing affordability crisis before devastating wildfires burned entire neighborhoods to the ground. The disaster is making it worse. 

Californians have paid relatively less for coverage than homeowners in the storm-stricken Midwest and Southeast regions, according to Intercontinental Exchange.

The top five banks had a combined unpaid principal balance of nearly $1.8 trillion at the end of the third quarter of 2024.

San Jose, California, is the most expensive city with a median home price of $1,528,500, while Detroit is the least, with a median home price of $192,000.

The wildfires are expected to have a limited effect on loan pricing and delinquencies, but other expenses could rise, adding to the cost of a mortgage.

The California FAIR Plan Association, already vulnerable financially, will likely need an assessment of insurers or policyholders as a rescue measure, according to experts.

The top five banks had a combined servicing value of more than $25 billion at the end of the third quarter.

These regulatory announcements in the banking industry are currently open to public comment.