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U.S. mortgage applications dropped 2.4 percent on a seasonally adjusted basis in the week ended April 6, compared to the prior week, the Mortgage Bankers Association said Wednesday.

Bank of America Corp's proposed $8.5 billion mortgage bond settlement received fresh opposition on Tuesday from New York's attorney general, who said the accord appears unfair to investors who may deserve to recover more.

The head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau proposed on Tuesday new regulations to hold mortgage servicers accountable, requiring them to provide more information and give struggling homeowners more options.

The American League of Lobbyists Monday decided to ask the U.S. Congress to approve a set of changes to current registration rules.

A former mortgage broker turned stripper is claiming she had a procedure done by fix-a-flat doctor Oneal Ron Morris and is now unable to strip and is facing foreclosure because the fake butt implant ruined her life.

The Obama administration wants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, which finance the bulk of U.S. mortgages, to start reducing loan balances for troubled borrowers, but with safeguards to prevent them from purposely defaulting to obtain relief.

A federal judge approved a $25 billion mortgage settlement with five top U.S. banks over allegations of foreclosure abuses and misconduct in servicing home loans, according to court documents.

A federal judge approved a $25 billion mortgage settlement with five top U.S. banks over allegations of foreclosure abuses and misconduct in servicing home loans, according to court documents.

The Federal Reserve's balance sheet shrank in the latest week, Fed data released on Thursday showed.

The Gingrich Group LLC, a consulting firm whose work repeatedly ensnared Newt Gingrich's presidential campaign in controversy, has filed for Chapter 7 Bankruptcy, the Atlanta Business Chronicle reported.

U.S. 30-year fixed-rate mortgages declined slightly to 3.98 percent in the week ending April 5 as recent economic indicators were mixed, mortgage finance giant Freddie Mac said Thursday.

Splurging on a vacation home shortly after the housing market meltdown was not an easy decision for Kathy and Dan Nikolai.

Who is Goldman Sachs? Wall Street's top investment bank, or a company that treats its clients like muppets in order to make as much profit as possible? And what does that mean for the rest of us?

Most of March's housing numbers were disappointing, with sales unexpectedly falling across all categories and prices hitting new lows, reversing February's optimism. But the winter market is usually the year's quietest, and spring could see a redemption for the housing market.

After recently posing nude for Closer magazine, the 36-year-old single parent had no choice but to turn to the government welfare for money even though she sounded very adamant in 2010 when she announced she would never take that option.

Two days after most of the media houses published Nadiya Suleman's almost-nude pictures, criticizing the mother of 14 for bragging about her body and seeking media attention, a rather annoyed Suleman has spoken to media again. This time, justifying her stand. Suleman, who has an Iraqi American father, gained media attention after giving birth to octuplets in January 2009. Soon after the birth of her octuplets, Suleman did not take time to bounce back to shape and was offered $1 million to wor...

Cavallari's parents owed a sum that almost exactly matches Jay Cutler's 2012 salary.

U.S. mortgage rates fell below 4 percent following disappointing housing data released in the past week, Freddie Mac said Thursday.

Experts believe 2012 could mark the beginning of a turnaround for the housing industry, albeit a slow one.

U.S. mortgage applications declined 2.7 percent in the week ending March 23, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

Octomom Nadya Suleman's topless photos for Closer magazine have been circulating the web, but it seems like Suleman didn't do the photo shoot to brag about her new body. TMZ is reporting that the mom of 14 is days away from being homeless.