People widely use Google when house shopping, but a U.K. researcher says Google's own foray into mortgage comparison shopping, which has struggled in the U.S., faces an uphill battle because of how the search engine's brand is viewed by consumers.

The spire for the new World Trade Center will take about three months to put in place and that the oft-delayed New York City building will actually open sometime in 2014.

The national credit default composite reached 1.64% in November, 18 basis points more than the low mark experienced in September.

Home sales in November increased nearly 16% over the same month in 2011, the second highest year-over-year increase in sales this year, according to the Re/Max National Housing Report.

For the fourth-quarter Redfin survey, 71% responded affirmatively that they believe prices in their area will go up over the next 12 months.

Expenditures on home purchases and residential construction grew by 12% in 2012 and residential investment will grow by another 12% next year.

Harborstone Credit Union has enhanced its social media marketing platform by launching Calcubot.

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The online real estate application allows citizens and businesses the opportunity to download the sheriff’s sales and sold lists of properties available for auction within the county.

While we've made great strides towards recovery, the new year will not come without its own set of challenges, particularly fueled by increased regulation.

Economists at the Mortgage Bankers Association are forecasting a sharp drop-off in refinancings in the second half of next year due to slowly rising mortgage rates.

The future for mortgage industry education will be in interactive automated learning.

Issuance of Government National Mortgage Association-backed MBS jumped 12% in November on a sequential basis.

In a time where integrity of data is more important than ever, mobile technology allows for greater control and monitoring to ensure that time value is increased and costs decreased.

Synovus Financial recently sold a batch of nonperforming and substandard loans backed by real estate assets.

Bank of America has roughly 10 million servicing customers.

Thirty-one percent of renters said they plan to buy a home in the next two years, compared with 28% in May and 22% for January 2011.

Fay Servicing has added Personal Budget Analysis to its menu of mortgage borrower financial health analysis options.

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Loan production expenses, which include commissions and compensation, increased to $5,163 in 3Q from $5,128 in the second quarter.