WASHINGTON -- The two biggest sources of mortgages for American home buyers plan to raise their base fees to counter what they see as continuing "adverse conditions" in the real estate marketplace.

New Canaan homeowners were unlikely to have been burned by the recent sub-prime mortgage debacle, but local real estate has taken an indirect hit from the resulting credit crunch — or at least the perception of one, agents said.

GE Real Estate, a leading global resource for commercial real estate capital, announced today that Michael Rowan has been named president of its Americas' Equity business unit.

WILKES-BARRE — Two Luzerne County judges who played key roles in closing the county’s juvenile detention center in 2002 have financial interests in a Mountaintop real estate project linked to Robert J. Powell, an investor who has reaped millions of do

DOVER — The Strafford County real estate activity figures for the first six months of 2008 have been released, and show that the upward trend in property foreclosures continues, while the number of deeds and mortgages being registered is still declining