Promoting his new book, “Think Like a Champion,” Donald Trump appeared on CNBC last week and talked about the real estate market.

Home loan applications in the U.S. fell last week to their lowest level since mid-March as demand for refinancing dropped, according to Mortgage Bankers Association data released today.

Chris Kelly, Facebook’s chief privacy officer, said he had formed an exploratory committee to consider a campaign to be the state’s chief law enforcement official.

“What’s happened changes everything,” says Leslie Cockburn, who co-directed the documentary “American Casino” with husband Andrew.

If you have a home to sell but want to buy a new home contingent on selling, you might ask the seller to give you a first right of refusal. Sellers…

The McKnight Foundation announced today that it will contribute $10 million to two loan funds that will help Minnesota groups buy and renovate more foreclosed properties, thereby stabilizing neighborhoods where many owners have lost their homes in recent years.

The Senate Banking Committee had been scheduled to vote to confirm David Stevens, president and chief operating officer of Long & Foster, as an assistant secretary for the Department of Housing and Urban Development.

The Senate voted Tuesday to hire hundreds more FBI agents and prosecutors to pursue after mortgage fraud, which lawmakers say is needed to investigate the estimated 5,000 allegations reported each month.

In a welcome antidote to mostly dismal first-quarter earnings reports over the past week, Bremer Financial Corp.

Submitted by SHNS on Mon, 04/27/2009 – 14:19. Like cars, college has a sticker price and then the price a student actually pays.