Housing

Lenders could be responsible for water quality issues affecting borrowers and properties if the Federal Housing Administration follows through with its response to an inspector general's report.

In the San Fernando Valley, outside Los Angeles, there are plans to level a nearly vacant mall and replace it with some 1,400 homes, boutique retail shops and a concert venue.

Building off the success of policy changes in 2016, there are now even more ways for mortgage lenders to help student loan borrowers become homeowners.

The tight rental market in Santa Fe, N.M., has always been an issue with those looking to work in the city or relocate here.

The Federal Housing Finance Agency's Duty to Serve program must increase manufactured housing lending in rural communities.

California appears unlikely to be able to build enough homes in the coming years to put a meaningful dent in skyrocketing housing prices triggered by a shortage of affordable dwellings.

The plight of Orlando-area renters sheds light on a new set of post-Irma realities — rent payments on uninhabitable homes and apartments, challenges getting rent deposits refunded and few housing options in a tight rental market.

Stranded without power in the wake of Hurricane Irma, thousands of South Florida seniors have found themselves trapped without access to elevators, air conditioning, telephones and even medical devices.

As expected, President Trump has nominated Brian Montgomery to serve as the commissioner of the Federal Housing Administration.

The Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas is providing $6.7 million in grants along with $1 billion in additional advances to its members as part of its Hurricane Harvey relief efforts.

The mortgage market shift to purchase lending has arrived. Test your knowledge of these key real estate industry terms.

As Downtown Boise's popularity as a residential neighborhood grows, housing prices are climbing beyond the affordable range for many people who want to live there.

California's high housing costs are driving poor and middle income people out of their housing like never before. While some are fleeing coastal areas for cheaper living inland, others are leaving the state altogether.

The USDA recently announced its rural housing program, which has been around for decades, would increase the amount buyers can borrow, a sign of rising housing costs across the nation.

Apparently, the finance department of the San Francisco Housing Authority can't balance its own checkbook.

The U.S. homeownership rate remains slightly above a post-crisis low it set during the second quarter of last year.

Mayor Byron W. Brown is overhauling the board that oversees Buffalo's public housing for 10,000 residents, an initial step toward tackling ongoing problems at the agency.

When market prices rise faster than comparable home sales values it is imperative for lenders to ensure property valuations are accurate, support the sales price and completed in a timely fashion to keep deals from falling through. (Part four in a four-part series on the mortgage industry's response to the housing inventory shortage.)

California Gov. Jerry Brown and legislative leaders announced that the state's housing crisis will be at the top of their agenda when lawmakers return in August from a month-long break.

New data shows that large commercial banks are increasing their originations of single-family construction loans, but these loans still represent a small percentage of their total assets.