Residential Real Estate
WASHINGTON - Bank of America on Friday halted foreclosures on homes across the country so it could review paperwork in tens of thousands of cases for flaws, expanding a crisis at a perilous time for the housing market.
SHANGHAI - Authorities in China's largest city have ordered that families be allowed to only purchase one home each, part of a series of moves aimed at cooling surging property prices.
NEW YORK - Rates on 30-year mortgages fell to the lowest level in decades for the ninth time in 12 weeks, pushed down by traders anticipating a move by the Federal Reserve to pump more money into the economy.
WASHINGTON - Applications for mortgages to buy homes rose last week to the highest level since May, while overall applications were down slightly.
WASHINGTON - The number of people who signed contracts to buy homes rose in August for the second straight month but remained far below last year's pace.
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