Housing

The Great Recession may have officially ended five years ago, but you wouldn't know it by looking at construction activity in Sonoma County, Calif.

Former Congressman Barney Frank, co-author of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform Act, is not opposed to changes in the eponymous legislation, but in some cases he thinks the rules should be tightened, rather than loosened.

The North Texas home market started the new year with another big jump in prices as median home sales prices rose 12% last month from a year ago.

Black and Hispanic Americans are twice as likely as white Americans to be denied a mortgage, according to a new report.

Consumer optimism toward the housing market grew in January, a sign that the improving economy has warmed consumers to the prospect of purchasing a home, according to survey results released Monday by Fannie Mae.

The Connecticut Housing Finance Authority plans to sell $150 million of mortgage finance program bonds, starting with a retail order day on Monday.

One of the culprits in the building and bursting of the nation's housing bubble, the low-down-payment mortgage, is back in favor and readily available at a lender near you.

Michigan builders are expecting an 8% increase this year in new home construction permits, good news for the industry but still far below pre-recession levels of activity.

As the New Jersey Supreme Court considers whether to intervene in the Christie administration's regulation of affordable housing, the case has brought into focus a debate over the need for such housing among low- and moderate-income residents.

The Inland Empire is the key to the future of Southern California and the region's middle class, an economic and social commentator said.

As New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio continues to ramp up his affordable housing plan, one of the main financial engines of the initiative has set out to match the challenge for a second year running.

RealtyTrac says that nearly 84% of all homes in Horry County, S.C., could qualify for one or more of seven down payment assistance programs that will help homebuyers in households with up to a $76,020 annual income to buy a home worth as much as $271,050.

Mortgage rates declined, remaining at the lowest levels in more than 20 months.

The expiration of the federal Protecting Tenants at Foreclosure Act leaves servicers dealing with a patchwork of state laws and investor rules, while renters living in REO properties are at a greater risk of eviction.

New-home construction was sluggish in Palm Beach County last year with builders breaking ground on 2,132 new homes, a meager 3% gain from 2013.

Studying borrowers' credit characteristics and tightening quality control are more important to how mortgages perform than the size of down payments.

When Seattle Mayor Ed Murray created a blue-ribbon panel on housing affordability in September, he used the word "urgency."

The Super Bowl is history, marking the start of a new high-stakes season: the spring real estate market. After what many industry insiders considered a disappointing 2014, hopes are high for 2015.

Home sales in Southern California's San Fernando Valley tanked in 2014, falling 7 percent from a year earlier to a record low in response to rising prices and scant inventory.

The Greenwich, Conn., Town Assessor's office booked paperwork for 40 residential real estate closings last month, with a median sale price of $1.3 million, down significantly from last January's median closing price of $2 million.