Real Estate

One of the nation's largest servicers of home loans may have denied struggling borrowers the chance to fix loan problems and avoid foreclosures, New York's financial regulator has alleged.

The national housing market rebounded in September as home sales rose to their highest level of the year.

Hoping to boost mortgage approvals for more borrowers, the federal regulator of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac told lenders that the home financing giants would ease up on demands that banks buy back loans that go delinquent.

Seeking to reassure home lenders, the government's top overseer for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac said the mortgage finance giants would ease their demands to be compensated for certain soured loans.

Question: Our homeowner association has dozens of employees and one female manager-agent. Dozens have complained of her overly flirtatious and seductive behavior, in that she "comes on" to their fathers, husbands, sons and boyfriends. Others complain of her bad treatment of female...

Question: I rent an apartment and started dating a neighbor in the same complex. He lives with his elderly mother, and I don't want to get her in trouble or evicted because she is an extraordinarily kind and nice woman.

For Alison Berger, the journey to becoming a designer of fine hand-blown crystal and handsomely engineered lighting fixtures began with childhood summer nights catching fireflies in jars.

Ojai, a scenic little agricultural city, has for the better part of a century lured individuals pursuing spiritual enlightenment and artists seeking inspiration and calm. Now a new crop of makers and merchants is traveling the 90 miles north of Los Angeles to bask in Ojai's groovy,...

The recent murder of Arkansas real estate agent Beverly Carter highlights the dangers of showing houses to strangers — not just to realty pros, but to homeowners themselves.

Can you still do a short-term house flip using federally insured, low-down payment mortgage money? That's an important question for buyers, sellers, investors and realty agents who've taken part in a nationwide wave of renovations and quick resales using Federal Housing...

Southern California's housing market is starting to pick up the pace.