Recovering real estate markets is having a positive effect on transparency, which has been much needed following the financial crisis in 2008 and 2009.
Residential real estate prices fell in April at the slowest pace in more than a year, the latest indication that a recovery in the housing market is gaining traction.
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission accused a Utah man of defrauding investors of $100 million after failing to fulfill promises of higher returns in a real estate-based Ponzi scheme.
Sales of newly built homes rose to its highest level in two years, largely led by limited supply of previously owned homes and record-low mortgage rates.
New single-family home sales were up 7.6 percent from April or 369,000 annualized sales, according to a report released by the Commerce Department on Monday.
The state of California experienced an 11.2 percent growth in home sales over the May-to-May time period, according to recent data from the California Association of Realtors.
Homeowners, who were victims of foreclosure abuses between 2009 and 2010, may be eligible to claim over $125,000 from lenders as part of an Independent Foreclosure Review that is being overseen by two government agencies.
Chinese real estate investors are not only buying up properties in prestige locations like New York and Los Angeles, other places like Florida and the Midwest are becoming a hot target
The average rate on a 30-year fixed mortgage fell this week to a record low for the seventh time in eight consecutive weeks , according to the latest data released Thursday by Freddie Mac.
Banks in Brazil are competing for a larger share of the fast growing mortgage lending market in a bid to boost loans as the slowing economy lowers demand for consumer loans.