Real Estate

The state is seeking to suspend the mortgage license of Ocwen Financial Corp., saying the payment collection firm has failed to turn over documentation showing that it complies with California laws protecting homeowners.

For the fourth time in 12 years, the world is facing a deflation scare. And as with any good horror movie, no one is sure what lurks in the shadows.

Question: As a board of directors, we investigated various earthquake insurance policies and found that a policy with a 20% deductible amounts to about $16,000 annually in premiums. That increases our monthly dues by at least $70. The board proposes to decline earthquake insurance. To absolve...

WASHINGTON — Could a controversial new program set for launch nationwide this month by giant mortgage investor Fannie Mae lead to slower and costlier home sale closings and more disputes over prices between sellers and buyers — busting deals when the appraised value comes in below...

Comic actor, writer and talk-show host Dennis Miller has listed his beach home in Carpinteria for $22.5 million.

This newly built home, near trendy shops and restaurants in the North Hollywood area, has a traditional vibe outside and a classic elegance inside with 16-foot vaulted ceilings, a built-in entertainment unit, 8-foot-tall French doors and a dining room wine cabinet. The living room opens to a...

Books are a source of endless inspiration as well as a thriving business for Thatcher Wine.

For almost six decades, Los Angeles ceramic artist Dora De Larios has been creating one-of-a-kind vessels, sculptures and monumental architectural installations embellished with fanciful flora, fauna and mythological characters. Now, at 81, despite a second battle with cancer and nine rounds of...

Tribune Real Estate Holdings, the owner of the Los Angeles Times building, is seeking partners to help develop properties in downtown L.A. and Orange County.

Worries about economic troubles in Europe and Asia have sent mortgage rates plunging to a 20-month low, with Freddie Mac saying the average rate for a 30-year conventional loan fell to 3.73% early this week from 3.87% a week earlier.

Housing economists were nearly unanimous a year ago: U.S. mortgage rates would rise in 2014 because the Federal Reserve was unwinding a key economic stimulus that had helped keep long-term interest rates low.