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First Niagara Financial Group Inc.'s $1.15 billion takeover of NewAlliance Bancshares Inc. catapulted the regional bank to the 38th largest bank in the second quarter.
Mortgage rates fell to the lowest level in decades for the tenth time in 11 weeks, as investors worried about the economy.
Mortgage rates dropped to the lowest level in decades for the sixth time in seven weeks, offering the most attractive opportunity for those who qualify to refinance or purchase a home.
Mortgage rates were unchanged this week at the lowest point in decades, but it hasn't been enough to jump-start the housing market.
Mortgage rates fell for the second straight week to the lowest point in five decades, but it may not be enough to jump-start the housing market.
Manhattan home prices edged up in the second quarter as sales surged from their lows last year.
Borrowers with mortgages modified under the federal government's foreclosure prevention program are more likely to stay current than those with other modifications, a report Wednesday showed.
A smaller turnout by homebuyers in the Northeast was the main reason national sales of previously occupied homes fell in May.
Government-sponsored mortgage purchasers Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac plan to delist their shares from the New York Stock Exchange after their stocks had trouble meeting listing requirements.
Government-sponsored mortgage purchasers Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac plan to delist their shares from the New York Stock Exchange. Both stocks tumbled in morning trading.
The number of customers applying for a mortgage to purchase a property fell to the lowest level in 13 years last week, a sign the housing market is struggling without government incentives.
Terreno Realty Corp. is expected to sell $300 million in stock this week, making it the second-biggest initial public offering so far in 2010. The real estate investment trust plans to put that money to use buying troubled industrial properties at a bargain.
Home sales in Manhattan rebounded at the end of the year, but experts predict a weak recovery for the new year because the number of pending deals declined.
Home prices rose for the fifth month in a row in October, but the recovery is shaky with only 11 of the 20 metro areas tracked showing gains.
The Treasury Department unveiled sweeping rules this week to help financially troubled homeowners who need to sell but can't get a price high enough to pay off their mortgages. Homeowners will even get $1,500 to help cover their moving costs.
The number of homeowners on the brink of losing their homes dipped in October, the third straight monthly decline, as foreclosure prevention programs helped more borrowers.
Just one in 20 Americans say they plan to buy a home within the next year, and they're most likely to be 34 years old or younger and living in the South or West, according to a survey released Wednesday.
A real estate group says home prices fell in eight out of every 10 U.S. cities in the third quarter of this year as heavily discounted distressed sales made up 30 percent of all deals.
Every dollar counts in this economy.
Blink. What housing downturn?
Renters might have the upper hand in today's apartment market, but they're not taking all they can get.
For thousands of low-income renters nationwide — but especially in rural towns and small cities — the recession is hitting home in an unexpected way.
Home prices across most of the country have started to rise from the depths of the housing slump, a critical trend that will help stabilize the broader U.S. economy, according to new figures released Tuesday.
There were fresh signs Tuesday that home prices in much of the country are stabilizing and the housing market is on the mend.
Apartment prices in the typically resilient Manhattan market plunged in the second quarter by the largest annual amount in decades, data released Thursday showed.
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