With real estate foreclosures expected to increase by almost 1,300 over last year, St. Louis County officials said people should ask for help as soon as they think they're in trouble.

Hearing the news from Wall Street and Washington last week, "I held my breath," said Dennis Steinbach, co-owner of San Jose mortgage and real estate brokerages S&L Home Loans and Meridian Creek Properties. But by Friday, he said, he felt pretty good abo

Mortgages for those who buy property as an investment are drying up in Britain, industry professionals said.After another week of turmoil in mortgage markets, novice landlords now face huge difficulties securing a loan, and thousands of existing landlords

The Supreme Court (SC) has reversed a Court of Appeals (CA) decision that upheld a trial court ruling stopping the foreclosure of five real estate properties mortgaged to China Banking Corp. as collateral for a P68.9-million loan obtained by three compani

The "free fall" phase of the California housing market bust could end soon, as bargain-hunters begin buying homes in parts of the state hardest hit by foreclosures, according to a new economic report. Breaking news: Bay Area median home prices, sale