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Mar. 15--Looking across a glistening Biscayne Bay on a recent chilly morning, Wells Fargo & Co. Chairman and Chief Executive John Stumpf pointed east and asked, "What's that, over there?"
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Mar. 14--Lenders are being warned there's a higher risk of mortgage fraud in Stanislaus County than anywhere else in the United States, and it's almost as bad in San Joaquin and Merced counties.
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Mar. 14--Que Nice has been cutting hair in his barbershop across Peachtree Street from the Fulton County Government Center for 13 years.
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Mar. 14--For the credit-worthy shopping for home loans in Waco, a full range of loans is still available, even after the foreclosure crisis darkened the windows of houses across the country.
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Mar. 14--Nearly 30 percent of St. Louis homeowners are "upside down" on their mortgages -- they owe more than their house is worth, according to First American Corelogic.
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Mar. 14--Here's another report from the world of mortgage escrow, this week provided by Louis Giangiulio.
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Fed may hint at how long rates will stay at lows
WASHINGTON - Federal Reserve policymakers may signal at their meeting this week how and when the improving economy will lead them to start raising record-low interest rates.
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Mar. 14--While regulators say the banking industry shows signs of improvement, some analysts worry that lenders face another big hurdle: defaults on loans for commercial real estate such as retail shopping centers, office buildings, hotels and warehouses.
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Mar. 14--There's a rumbling in Las Vegas and it's growing louder every day.
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Mar. 14--EL PASO -- The city has received a big response from homebuyers for $24.5 million in mortgage bond money.
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Mar. 11--MCALLEN -- Buying a house in the Rio Grande Valley will be much harder by this summer -- and it's not easy now.
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WASHINGTON - Mortgage rates held below the 5 percent threshold for the second straight week, a report said Thursday, weeks before a government program that has been keeping rates low is scheduled to expire.
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WASHINGTON - The head of the Federal Housing Administration is warning that boosting the minimum down payment borrowers must provide to qualify for home loans backed by the agency could threaten the housing market.
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RealtyTrac Inc. said Thursday that the number of U.S. households facing foreclosure in February grew 6 percent from a year ago, the smallest annual increase in four years.
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Mar. 9--More homeowners in the region have fallen behind in their mortgage payments or are facing foreclosure.
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For small-business owner Skip Gronauer, the quest for capital continues.
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Mar. 7--Buffalo spent $30 million over the past quarter century to help people buy homes they couldn't otherwise afford as part of the city's attempt to rebuild blighted communities.
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WASHINGTON - The Treasury Department was forced Friday to reiterate its financial support for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac after a key lawmaker rattled investors by pointing out that their debt does not enjoy the explicit guarantee of the federal government.
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WASHINGTON - A key lawmaker is working with banks, regulators and the Obama administration on a new way to boost the government's struggling foreclosure prevention effort by encouraging banks to reduce the total amount borrowers owe.
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Mar. 5--Herbert Salguero is just one homeowner among thousands starting to realize that most problem mortgages may not be modified after all.