Real estate

In a summer surprise, home values continued an upward surge again last month in the Sacramento region despite the ongoing economic turbulence caused by the coronavirus pandemic.

America's real estate meccas aren't what they used to be as COVID-19 revives U.S. mobility.

Mortgage subsidies introduced in Russia this year to stimulate the economy have fueled a surge in apartment prices even after incomes plunged by the most since 1998.

Montana real estate is a hot commodity. From east to west, north to south, homes and land are, more often than not, sold within days.

Also: NMN analyzes political donations from the industry, foreclosure and eviction ban extended to year's end.

A Quincy, Mass., real estate broker pleaded not guilty to nine charges, including money laundering and forgery, for what prosecutors say is the theft of $800,000 from deposit checks.

Blackstone Group, which led Wall Street's initial foray into the single-family rental business, is making a new investment in suburban houses at a time when the COVID-19 pandemic is pressuring traditional commercial real estate.

The California Assembly is considering a bill that would require local governments to permit duplexes on parcels now largely restricted to one house, in effect eliminating single-family zoning that dominates in most suburban residential neighborhoods.

There is a shortage of notaries and that is being made worse by those lenders that don't offer remote online notarization.

Five months of remote work, bedroom-to-desk commutes and child-populated home offices have failed to ignite a great Bay Area exodus, but over in Lake Tahoe, July home sales more than doubled over last year.

The Tri-COG Land Bank, a multicommunity effort to get abandoned and blighted properties back on the tax rolls, has sold its first property.

But the 30-year fixed remains below 3%, which should continue to support increased demand.

The proprietors of the Lorraine Hotel in downtown Toledo have received multi-year prison sentences from a federal judge for orchestrating a $3.9 million fraudulent real-estate investment scheme, while a third person received probation.

Some of Miami Beach's priciest real estate is now a relative bargain, even in the billionaire enclave of Fisher Island.

Tenants at so-called Class C buildings paid 54% of total rents due in June by the middle of the month, according to a study by LeaseLock.

Oahu's housing market remained depressed in July, though new sales data shows the severity of the decline is easing.

Squeezed up by a combination of low supply and high demand, home prices broke records in nearly every major Washington county last month, even as the pandemic's onslaught continued to wreak havoc with other parts of the economy.

A Dallas developer has admitted to paying bribes to a former city councilwoman in exchange for her lobbying efforts and votes to provide $650,000 in taxpayer money for his Fair Park apartment project.

Even though revenues beat analysts' estimates, Zillow lost $84 million in the second quarter, with its mortgage business losing $240,000.

In the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, Southern Nevada home prices continued to inch higher in July, according to a new report.