Real estate

Confidence among homebuilders climbed in August as steady job growth and low interest rates boosted prospects for the residential real estate market in the second half of the year, according to data from the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo.

Mayor Bill de Blasio on Thursday nominated Eric Enderlin to be president of the New York City Housing Development Corp., the city's housing finance arm and a major player in de Blasio's affordable housing initiative.

Application volume rose 2.4% from July 2015, which was the slowest year-over-year pace thus far in 2016.

Fewer housing markets are seeing double-digit gains in prices as affordability becomes more of a challenge in some areas.

The foreclosure inventory at the end of June was at its lowest level since August 2007, according to data released Tuesday by CoreLogic.

The biggest change in banking in the last 60 years is the shift in balance sheets from business lending to real estate finance and therefore more risk tied to volatile real estate prices.

When the limits on two of Bill Johnson's credit cards were lowered from $20,000 to $6,000, his outstanding balances jumped from a perfectly acceptable 20% to a dangerously high 66%.

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump's campaign has named The Federal Savings Bank Chief Executive Steve Calk to its economic advisory council.

Fannie Mae reported that the Home Purchase Sentiment Index rose 3.3 points in July to 86.5, an all-time survey high.

Ares Commercial Real Estate's net income slipped slightly in the second quarter as the company prepares to sell its mortgage banking subsidiary.

Realogy Holdings Corp., owner of brokerage brands Coldwell Banker and Century 21, dropped to a record low as sluggish luxury home sales hurt the firm's earnings.

A proposed 50% expansion to the Low Income Housing Tax Credit program would yield new opportunities for banks to finance development projects and meet their Community Reinvestment Act obligations.

Looking to provide its technology from start to finish in a real estate transaction, e-signature company DocuSign has created a new "lead to close" strategy.

CoreLogic has expanded its collaboration with data visualization company Graphiq.

Robust demand for mortgages. Real estate values rising at a solid clip. Construction employment in decent shape. A fresh cycle high for single-family home sales.

Home prices continued their upward climb in June as properties at the lower end experienced higher levels of appreciation, according to CoreLogic.

Lending standards for most business and residential real estate loans as well as subprime consumer loans are tighter than the 10-year average, according to a survey of senior bank loan officers released by the Federal Reserve Board.

Home sales rose to their highest level since the financial crisis last week. While that's a good sign, full recovery is going to take a long time. Here's why.

MGIC Investment Corp. has begun a public offering of $350 million in senior notes.

The United Kingdom's vote to leave the European Union has created the largest refinanceable population in the United States since late 2012, according to Black Knight Financial Services.