Condominiums, or condos, can be popular for first-time home buyers because they require less maintenance and are often priced lower than townhouses and single-family homes. But if you plan to finance ...

Buying a home or condo with a conventional loan usually means you’ll need a 20 percent down payment, which is a hefty chunk of change. If you can’t come up with that much cash, you have another option ...

VIRGINIA (WJHL) — The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced Monday that supplemental disaster assistance funding is now available to Southwest Virginians who were impacted ...

Buying a home is one of the biggest financial commitments many people make. However, buying a home isn’t cheap, especially ...

Federal Housing Administration (FHA) loans are a popular borrowing option among first-time buyers thanks to their low down ...

Maybe the mortgage-delinquency notices are just starting to arrive after a missed payment or two. Or maybe foreclosure is starting to look like a distinct possibility. Conventional wisdom suggests ...

As we discussed in a recent post, earlier this year the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (“HUD”) issued Mortgagee Letter 2024-10, which imposed a new requirement on all FHA-approved ...

WSJ Buy Side is The Wall Street Journal’s research and commerce team. Our commerce content is distinct from our newsroom coverage. We earn a commission from some links in our articles. Learn more. An ...

On June 11, 2010, the U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD) issued Mortgagee Letter 2010-20,1 which provided the long-awaited guidance regarding the implementation of its Final Rule.2 ...

Recently, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) issued Mortgagee Letter 2025-13 to revise the exclusive listing period for certain parties in connection with HUD real estate owned ...

The U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD) has announced that its Mortgagee Review Board (MRB) is imposing civil monetary penalties totaling $27,000 on two FHA-approved lenders in ...