Kathleen M. Howley
JPMorgan plunges to No. 10 in ranking of mortgage servicers
BOSTON - JPMorgan Chase & Co. tumbled to No. 10 in an annual survey of customer satisfaction for mortgage-servicing companies, behind competitors such as...
U.S. home prices rose more than estimated in February, FHFA says
BOSTON - U.S. house prices rose more than economists estimated in February as the strongest labor market in seven years gives Americans the confidence...
Home loans seen rebounding after 2014 U.S. collapse
BOSTON - The U.S. mortgage market hit bottom in 2014.
Chief economists at Fannie Mae and Moody’s Analytics Inc. as well as the Mortgage Bankers...
Housing falters as forecasters see sales drop
The two-year-old U.S. housing recovery is faltering.
The Mortgage Bankers Association on Thursday lowered its forecast for combined new and existing home sales in 2014...
USDA buyers stuck in limbo as shutdown hurts housing
BOSTON - Jacob Smith, a 25-year-old Florida firefighter, wasn’t paying much attention to the U.S. government shutdown until it threw his move to a...
American dream eluding under 40s with student debt
BOSTON - Luke Nichter of Harker Heights, Texas, said he’s not a renter by choice. The Texas A&M University history professor’s $125,000 of student...
Massachusetts home seizures threatened in loan case
BOSTON - The highest court in Massachusetts is poised to rule as soon as this month on a foreclosure case that could lead to...
Foreclosures rise for first time in year as backlogs ease
BOSTON - U.S. lenders started foreclosures on more properties in the third quarter, the first increase in a year, as a backlog stemming from...
Home short sales rise in ‘dramatic shift’ that may boost prices
CHICAGO - U.S. home prices may get a boost from an unlikely source: a pickup in sales of properties in default before they reach...
General Growth Properties refinances $966 million of mortgages
BOSTON - General Growth Properties Inc., the second-largest U.S. mall owner and the parent company of Providence Place, refinanced $966 million of adjustable-rate mortgages...
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