Real estate

In a real estate development that has a tinge of symbolism tied to the recent past, the Washington Post's downtown D.C. location will be torn down to make room for Fannie Mae's new consolidated headquarters.

One of the bond market's hottest trades from last year is losing its luster.

The mortgage market continues to inch back towards health as according to analytics firm CoreLogic, home prices grew 6.3% year-over-year during May compared with the same month last year.

A new crop of P-to-P loan platforms is focusing on commercial real estate loans that get ignored by banks.

The home sales market may be ready to trend upward, based on consumers' responses in a recent Fannie Mae survey.

Mortgage rates for 30-year loans fell for the first time in three weeks as investors worried about political and financial turmoil in Greece and China turned to the relative safety of American debt.

Seattle has become the latest West Coast hot spot for homebuyers, from Chinese emigrees to technology workers, sending home prices to a record in an area renowned for its clean air, mountain ranges and lakes.

Californians are back in the home purchase market and forming households again thanks to an improving economy and an increase in job growth, according to the California Association of Realtors.

Allowing real estate investment trusts to bridge the capital need for affordable housing could help de-escalate a rising public funding crisis.

The latest estimates of nonbank mortgage lender employment mark the largest number of workers since November 2013, and the biggest monthly hiring gain in six months.

The share of U.S. home purchases made with cash has fallen to a five-year low as investors pull back from a property market that's rebounding without them.

Lower gas prices can accelerate the home-selling process, and make the deal more lucrative for the seller, according to a new study.

Manhattan apartment prices jumped to a record in the second quarter, pushed up by competition for a limited number of properties and strength in the luxury market.

After it all but stopped making real estate and development loans following the housing crash, Farmers & Merchants Bank has increased its real estate loans by more than 61% over the last two years. It's a figure that’s likely to keep rising as California's real estate market heats up and the $5.6 billion-asset bank continues to add commercial real estate, construction and mortgage lending specialists to keep pace.

Mortgage applications fell 4.7% from a week earlier on a seasonally adjusted basis, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association's weekly survey.

Home prices in 20 U.S. cities rose at a slower pace than projected in April, indicating the market was experiencing uneven gains as it entered the busier selling season.

A California man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for allegedly trying to rig public foreclosure auctions in Northern California between 2008 and 2011.

A New Jersey man has been sentenced to 27 years in prison for scamming vacation-timeshare customers of $3 million.

Contracts to purchase previously owned homes rose in May to a nine-year high, indicating recent strength in the real estate industry will be sustained.

Home prices rose 1% from March and 4.9% year-over-year in April, according to Black Knight Financial Services.