The California state Assembly and Senate passed a package of bills giving Attorney General Kamala Harris new powers to pursue financial crimes. The legislation is moving to the governor for signature.

The twin bills (AB 1763 and SB 1474) allow Harris to convene a special grand jury in...

Mortgage servicers completed 8% fewer modifications through private programs in April than the previous month, according to Hope Now.

The alliance of mortgage servicers, investors, mortgage insurers and nonprofit counselors found that roughly 43,000 home loans were...

The Washington, D.C., foreclosure system remains frozen 18 months after the city council passed a law that made it possible to void a future filing.

In November 2010, the D.C. city council...

Foreclosure petitions filed in Massachusetts jumped 47% year-over-year in April, real estate research firm The Warren Group said Tuesday.

While the surge marks three months of increases, the research firm's editorial director Cory Hopkins calls...

Five Democratic senators introduced a bill expanding mortgage and foreclosure protections for military families.

Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I., led...

The Federal Reserve released a plan between Ally Financial and third-party consultant PricewaterhouseCoopers, hired to conduct the independent foreclosure review.

The release also included...

U.S. District Court Judge Reed O'Connor kept the Dallas County District Attorney's case against Merscorp Inc. alive this week when he dismissed five of 12 claims against the parent company of Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, but...