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.

Amid continued falling home prices, U.S. homebuyers are negotiating even more discounts at the bargaining table.

The Long & Foster Companies, headquartered in Chanitilly, Virginia, recently announced that Jeffrey S Detwiler has been selected as the new president and COO.

Analysts at Fitch Group offered up a mixed bag of economic indicators this week, saying that a once-risky class of residential mortgage assets was stabilizing, but rising commercial real estate defaults were threatening the economy's modest recovery.

The steady climb seen in U.S. home prices paused in July, according to Denver-based default management and collateral valuation firm Integrated Asset Services (IAS).

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).

Marketing of listings and properties isn't easy.

Value Creation Institute recently announced through its affiliate, Buckley Management Advisors, LLC, that its patent pending system for asset valuation, ValueScout, was found to be 96 to 98 percent accurate in prediction of loan default when tested with actual data.

New York's NewOak Capital recently announced the appointment of William Denton as managing director, head of client development for its integrated advisory, asset management, and capital markets businesses.

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.