Real Estate

The average rate for a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage dropped to 6.61% last week, according to Freddie Mac.

For a second-straight week, retailers will be reporting their third-quarter results. Among the companies expected to report are Urban Outfitters, Dell, J. M. Smucker and Baidu.

Orange Beach, a city on Alabama's Gulf Coast, was exactly where one couple wanted to be — and they looked for their "American Dream Home" with the help of host Cheryl Casone of Fox Business.

The 30-year fixed rate mortgage declined to 6.61%, the most since 1981, after nearly 10 weeks of increases.

National Association of Home Builders CEO Jerry Howard argues rising costs and mortgage rates has created "the worst case scenario" in building more affordable starter homes.

A decline in mortgage rates couldn't boost the refinancing area of the mortgage market. Meanwhile, demand for mortgage applications increased 2.7% from the prior week.

The FHA doesn’t issue mortgages but insures lenders against losses. Borrowers can pay for insurance on mortgages with down payments of as little as 3.5%.

Rates for the 30-year mortgage increased again after a slight dip the week before following the Federal Reserve's recent announcement that it was raising rates again, according to Freddie Mac.

A California man was sentenced to nine years in prison for his involvement in a $6 million real estate scam. His sister and a co-conspirator will be sentenced in May.

On "American Dream Home" on Fox Business, host Cheryl Casone helped a couple and their four children find a new place to live in a beautiful part of the country: Wildwood, Missouri.

Office co-working company WeWork announced on Thursday that it has plans to soon shutter over three dozen locations across the United States.

Fannie Mae introduced a new rent reporting program that will allow renters to build credit and could open a path to homeownership.

Mortgage rates have seen record high's over the last 10 weeks, climbing to and the hovering around 7%. This week they climbed up to 7.08% doubling last year.

Annual home price growth had the 'largest deceleration in the history of the index' in August, according to the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller's National Home Price NSA index.

Steve McQueen, the movie star who was nicknamed the “King of Cool,” passed away in 1980 at age 50. His luxurious Malibu beach house has hit the market.

Online real estate company Redfin announced that it's reducing its workforce again. This time, 862 employees will be laid off amid the uncertain economic environment.

Mortgage-lending software and analytics company Black Knight found U.S. mortgage holders saw a massive loss of equity in the third quarter.