Distressed

The 60-day-plus mortgage borrower delinquency rate dropped to the lowest point since the recession suggesting that there is still room to broaden credit.

The numbers tantalize leery minds: Housing prices, population growth and job creation in Southern Nevada all rebounded from the Great Recession over the past few years.

Distressed home sales in the North Port-Sarasota-Bradenton, Fla., metropolitan area during the third quarter accounted for 11% of the residential real estate market.

Serious delinquencies on Federal Housing Administration loans popular among first-time home buyers with affordability constraints have improved this year, but may be reaching a plateau.

Renita Barbee has begun packing up the belongings in her rented South Los Angeles home. She was trying hard to hold her composure as she told her story the other day.

As is the case with most communities across Western New York, Lockport has its share of "zombie" properties.

Aside from shutting off water to Detroit residents, no public policy draws so much criticism as the annual Wayne County auction of tax-foreclosed properties.

The new tool tracks both serious and general delinquencies down to a county level and features interactive charts and graphs.

There's a handful of zombies out there threatening to wreck your neighborhood or at least create a frightful landscaping nightmare next door.

Credit Suisse's plan for consumer relief in a multibillion-dollar Department of Justice settlement related to residential mortgage-backed securities could reduce the costs involved, according to the settlement monitor's first report.