Builders say homes are likely to shrink. It's about time.
New research identifies the number of homeowners the federal HAMP program could have helped if banks had moved more efficiently.
Homeowners who've benefited from the $25.6 billion settlement with big banks over alleged mortgage abuses have received an average of $76,615 in relief.
An LA woman's suspicion that she got West Nile from an untended home pool is just one of many complaints about trouble from vacant foreclosures.
When you're required by a lender to buy PMI, you're paying for insurance that protects the lender, not you.
Will Americans comment online about banking regulations the way they do about celebrity haircuts? The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau hopes so.
Consumer protections take front seat in proposed rule changes for servicing mortgages.
Even middle-class families can't afford the skyrocketing rents, yet few can get a home loan either.
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