Distressed

Some commercial mortgage-backed securities due next year could have difficulty refinancing due to the recent Ridgecrest earthquake, according to a new Morningstar report.

The Western states are the most likely to experience an increase in distressed loan activity in the second half of 2019, a survey of mortgage servicers by Auction.com found.

An Indiana man was sentenced to seven years in federal prison after his conviction for participating in a foreclosure rescue fraud scheme.

House flipping is back in a big way in Ohio, driven by low home prices and strong demand for the finished product.

On sunny days, the Grand Venezia at Baywatch condominiums in Clearwater, Fla., offer a view of Old Tampa Bay that calms the mind.

EF Hutton admitted in a court filing that it has defaulted under the terms of its contract with a real estate company and that the company has rightfully accelerated the debt.

The number of property foreclosures in Monroe County, Michigan, continues to decline, continuing a trend for the past decade, county Treasurer Kay Sisung said.

Trash and broken furniture cover the stained carpet at the boarded, long-vacant house in Trotwood, Ohio, where paint strips hang like confetti from the ceiling and an awful smell fills the air as soon as Chad Downing unlocks the door.

Although the performance of the government-sponsored enterprises' single-family loans continues to improve, the deeply delinquent totals remain significant in states with court-processed foreclosures.

The number of properties in some stage of mortgage default has fallen to its lowest level in 14 years as most types of delinquencies have declined, according to Black Knight.