Foreclosures

A bankruptcy judge who spent 107 pages excoriating Bank of America Corp. over its "heartless" foreclosure on a California couple is not happy that the homeowners want him to erase his words.

Arlando Jacobs and Clarence Roland stole homes across Texas and two other states with the scribble of a pen, the FBI says.

The ruling said there was no lien on the titles because the Resolution Trust Corp. agreed to the foreclosure, making it legal.

In addition to hundreds of people made homeless quickly by Hurricane Irma, a Jacksonville, Fla., family may learn this week whether they, too, lost their house during the storm.

Niagara Falls, N.Y., officials have filed what they say is among the first regional legal claims under a new state law meant to arm governments against the spread of urban blight.

Fewer Long Islanders are drowning in mortgage debt as the housing market continues its slow recovery.

Houston's housing market will be in recovery mode for a while following epic floods from Hurricane Harvey.

Mortgage delinquencies in areas affected by Hurricane Harvey last month were 16% higher than in July, according to Black Knight Financial Services.

The home foreclosure rate in the Greensboro-High Point, N.C., region is so low that it's not considered a threat to the area's economy.

The rise in foreclosure filings for August over July was more than double the historic increase between these two months, said Attom Data Solutions.