JPMorgan Chase sees a potential opportunity in commercial real estate as the market nears bottom with sellers distressed and other banks overexposed.

A new wave of defaults and foreclosures threatens the U.S. housing market as interest-only loans are poised to reset, increasing monthly payments for borrowers by as much as 75 percent as they need to start amortizing the principal.

Warren Buffett, the Oracle of Omaha and the world's second-richest man, appears to be growing more cautious about the stock market.

Filings for Chapter 11 bankruptcy by wealthy individuals surged 73 percent in the second quarter from the year-ago period, Bloomberg News reported, citing data from the National Bankruptcy Research Center.

Mortgage real estate investment trusts (REITs) looking to capitalize on cheap government financing and a massive supply/demand imbalance to build portfolios of distressed real estate assets are poised to lead a rebound in initial public offerings, Renaissance Capital said in a report.

Delinquency rates on commercial mortgages continue to rise, prompting analysts to raise their forecasts for default rates.

After passing both the Assembly and Senate with large majorities, California legislation mandating that buyers of real estate owned (REO) properties be allowed to choose their own escrow services could be signed into law shortly by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, and take effect almost immediately.

The goal of European leaders to slap explicit pay curbs onto bankers and the preference of U.S. officials to focus on tougher capital requirements may come to the same thing ̢ a new report suggests that a crackdown on bank capital will cut into profit and reduce bonuses.

Arizona moved to provide regulatory relief to PMI Mortgage Insurance and other mortgage insurers by granting state authorities the discretion to work with the companies when they fail to meet the state's minimum policyholder position (MPP).

Seattle region home sales in July rose above year-ago levels for the first time in more than three years, as a sharp turnaround in home resales continued.