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The Obama administration is expected to expand its mortgage aid program on Thursday, announcing new measures that would help ...

U.S. foreclosure activity in April jumped 32 percent from a year ago to a record high, and should mount because temporary freezes on foreclosures ended in March, RealtyTrac said on Wednesday.

The Senate today approved a housing bill aimed at addressing the country's growing foreclosure problem, including revamping a troubled government foreclosure prevention program.

The pace of private-sector U.S. job losses slowed dramatically last month, while future planned layoffs also declined, and the hard-hit housing sector showed signs of improvement last week.

The head of the Securities and Exchange Commission said Tuesday that she is making rules restricting short-selling a priority, ...

Pending sales of existing U.S. homes rose in March for a second straight month, a private survey showed on Monday, supporting views the housing market was close to hitting a bottom.

A deal maker at Lehman pioneered ways to package debt which brought huge profits but set off the bank’s collapse.

US house prices continued to fall in February, but the rate of decline in some markets is slowing, a leading index says.

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Existing home sales in the United States likely fell in March amid tight lending standards and concerns by purchasers on job security but a continued decline in prices may mute the drop and even point to sales stabilizing, economists said.