Looking to benefit from rising home values, credit card lender Discover Financial Services announced it will begin offering home-equity loans in the second half of this year. Discover...
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More Wrongful Foreclosures Against Military Members?
More than 700 wrongful foreclosures involving active-duty service members — a violation of federal law — by some of the nation’s largest banks were uncovered in a report this...
Quicken Loans Grabs Mortgage Market Share
Quicken Loans is growing its market share in the mortgage business, having just surpassing Bank of America as the third-largest mortgage lender in the U.S., according to rankings...
7 Great Markets for Short Sales
Properties sold in short sales account for about 22 percent of all residential sales, according RealtyTrac. RealtyTrac recently identified some of the best markets for buying a...
Where Are Home Prices Heading Through 2017?
Home prices are expected to continue their trajectory upward, projected to rise 3.7 percent between the third quarters of 2013 and 2014, according to Fiserv, which used data from the...
HUD Debuts Fair Housing Mobile App
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has announced a free mobile app that allows users to instantly file housing discrimination complaints. “Having this first...
Foreclosures Spark Crime, Report Says
As few as three foreclosures on a block can lead to more crime in a neighborhood, according to a report by the New York University’s Furman Center for Real Estate & Urban Policy....
Buyers Camp Out to Try to Snag New Homes
About 30 home buyers — all pre-qualified — have lined up in tents and camped out in order to be first in line for an opportunity to buy a new home in Huntington Beach, Calif. The...
Industry Mourns Loss of Safety Expert Andrew Wooten
Well-known real estate safety expert Andrew L. Wooten, 50, who served as a safety adviser for the National Association of REALTORS®, died Tuesday. Wooten was reportedly caught in a...
January Pending Home Sales Up in All Regions
Pending home sales rose in January, and have been above year-ago levels for the past 21 months, according to the National Association of REALTORS®. There were healthy monthly gains in...
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- Gold Medal Doesn’t Guarantee Win in Real Estate
- Low Mortgage Rates Spark Serial Refinancing
- Actor Pleads Guilty to Mortgage Fraud
- Top Real Estate Execs Weigh in on Housing Recovery
- Why Are Mortgage Applications Falling?
- Don’t Get Caught Flat-Footed on MID, REALTORS® Warned
- Mortgage Applications Fall 7.3%
- Big-Ticket Homes in Higher Demand
- Inventories, Asking Prices Get a Boost
- REALTORS®: On the Right Path, Ready for Action
