Mortgages

Mortgage rates dropped to a year-to-date low for the third consecutive week as the 10-year Treasury yield also declined, according to Freddie Mac.

Given the scale of damage to the region’s homes and cars, bankers are guarding against an expected spike in missed payments by extending loan terms, deferring payments and making other concessions.

Dallas-area home prices were up 6.9% in the latest annual comparison by CoreLogic, just slightly ahead of the 6.7% nationwide gain in July compared with July 2016.

As head of Fannie Mae's single-family mortgage business, Andrew Bon Salle wants to ease the burden of loan-level price adjustments, streamline condo loan approvals and expand rep and warrant relief. But even he admits there are limits to his power.

Housing prices in Toronto continued their summer slump in August as government regulations and fears about a market softening curbed demand in Canada’s biggest city.

Zombie properties become the living dead as a result of bank foreclosures. They sit and often fall into disrepair — a situation likely to go from bad to worse.

The Legal Aid Society of Palm Beach County, Fla., and two homeless assistance agencies are the surprise beneficiaries of a successful lawsuit against a notorious South Florida foreclosure attorney, who was later disbarred.

Ginnie Mae will help issuers with certain servicing obligations if more than 5% of their portfolios are in areas Hurricane Harvey has ravaged.

Modestly higher prices and fewer sales largely summed up the performance of Hawaii island and Kauai housing markets in August.

The number of permits filed for single-family homes in Indiana increased 10% in July compared to the same time last year.

Mortgage refinancing applications were more than half of the volume for the first time since January, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

Quaint Oak in Pennsylvania is making a big push in real estate brokerage, a business that many state-chartered banks might think is illegal for them to pursue.

A program designed to let Dayton, Ohio residents acquire vacant lots to turn into sideyards has grown into a popular way for private investors and home-seekers to obtain cheap property.

Rising prices are starting to keep potential purchasers from looking for homes and making an offer although interest remains near record levels, according to the Redfin Housing Demand Index.

Armada Analytics, a commercial real estate underwriting and asset management services provider, acquired Anabranch Flood, a provider of flood risk assessment services.

As housing demand continues to challenge low levels of supply, home prices are overvalued in 34% of the largest U.S. metropolitan areas, according to CoreLogic.

It might make better financial sense to rent compared to buying a house in Washington's Whatcom County if you plan on living here fewer than seven years, according to a new report.

The mayor of Niagara Falls, N.Y. is asking local lawmakers to authorize the city's participation in a multi-jurisdictional land bank initiative, a non-profit organization officials say will be a tool to beat back urban blight.

Carlyle Group LP was exonerated in a lawsuit tied to the collapse of a mortgage fund from 2008, avoiding $1 billion in damages sought by the pool's liquidators.

The long-term recovery for thousands of Texans whose homes were decimated by Hurricane Harvey rests with a Trump administration government outsider who wants his agency's budget cut by billions of dollars.