Mortgages

President Trump nominated Paul Compton, an Alabama attorney, nearly six months ago for the job seen as critical for hurricane recovery efforts.

In a business populated by extroverts, Diana Reid views herself as an introvert. The head of PNC Real Estate at PNC Financial Services Group says it's an attribute that she's made an asset as she looks to build consensus and drive business growth.

Homeownership paid big dividends for Southern Californians who have owned their residences since the housing recovery began five years ago.

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.

Borrower and mortgage eligibility problems, a sign of the shift to a purchase market, were the leading cause of critical defects found following post-closing reviews, according to Aces Risk Management.

The parts of the U.S. most at risk of natural disasters are also the places where property values are highest and increasing most quickly.

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

Statewide home sales rose during August, despite a nationwide pullback in purchases of previously owned properties.

The percentage of newly originated loans that are used to refinance an existing mortgage could shrink dramatically in 2018 as rates rise and burnout continues.

Wall Street analysts are keeping Dallas-Fort Worth on their watch list of markets where housing prices are out of whack.

Homeowners gained an average of $12,987 in equity from last year, with Western states leading the increase.

Mortgage industry hiring and new job appointments for the week ending Sept. 22.

Nominated last week as FHA commissioner, Brian Montgomery would lead an agency with a much better delinquency rate, but face new challenges.

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.

A lackluster supply of available homes is slowing sales across South Florida — but the shortage of listings also keeps pushing prices higher as buyers have little choice but to pay more for what they want.

Despite an uptick in interest rates, refinance loans held steady in August and closing rates reached a new 2017 high.

Mortgage rates increased for the first time in seven weeks, while the 10-year Treasury yield continued its upward trend, according to Freddie Mac.

Maine's housing economy got a late-summer boost in August, with year-over-year increases in both home sales volume and median sale price.

She said the plan was just one piece of a larger and more complex framework to address the city’s housing problem.