Economy

Mortgage lenders have already begun to feel the burn of higher interest rates.

February homes sales fell 2.6% in Wisconsin, but a shortage of homes on the market is leading to higher prices.

The number of homes in foreclosure across Washington is down by nearly 40% compared with a year ago.

U.S. bank regulators have tentatively agreed to ease an appraisal requirement that could help commercial real estate borrowers.

Homes for sale listings are scarcer than they've ever been entering the spring selling season.

Banks are losing wealthier underbanked customers to alternative lenders — an undercurrent that is halting progress in expanding credit access for all.

Only 3.5% of homeowners in Houston have taken out a second mortgage.

Skyrocketing home prices and fierce competition for jobs in the Golden State are prodding poor families to pack up and head to Texas.

There's no affordable homes left in Boulder County, according to a new affordability study.

Soaring home values have property taxes on the rise. Servicers must be vigilant about borrower payment shock that can add complexity to escrow services and portfolio management. Here's a look at the states with the largest tax hikes.

A foreclosure by Licking County on the basket-shaped headquarters of the Longaberger Co. is imminent

Mortgage rates are being pushed higher by the same economic factors that led the Federal Open Market Committee to increase short-term rates.

The strongest pace of single-family homebuilding in nearly a decade drove residential housing starts to a four-month high in February.

One of the biggest investors in the Marriott Pere Marquette project has filed to start foreclosure proceedings in Peoria County, Ill., Court.

Scant listings of houses for sale in the core Orlando market pushed up home prices by 2.6% during the one-month period of February.

Confidence among homebuilders is the strongest since the mid-2000s housing boom as sales prospects improve despite rising mortgage rates.

Industry critics argue the Invitation Homes deal will create new risks for Fannie Mae and remove affordable inventory from homebuyers.

Expect to see plenty of grand openings at apartment communities across South Florida this year.

Prices for residential real estate on Maui were higher in February, but sale volume was mixed between single-family houses and condominiums.

When Julia Lundblad lies in bed at night in her Titlow Beach, Wash., home, she can hear the water sloshing up under her house. It took some getting used to, but she loves it.