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The Wall Street firm agreed Monday to buy ElmTree Funds, a real estate investment firm that manages roughly $7.3 billion in assets.

Homeowner's insurance premiums are going up as increasingly severe storms and other disasters, combined with rising housing costs, are pushing rates higher.

Mortgage rates continued to fall, causing more homeowners to apply to refinance at those lower rates. Homebuyers, however, were less impacted by lower rates.

Climate risk to U.S. infrastructure is rising, and government cuts to climate science are only accelerating that risk.

Donald Trump has railed against modern dishwashers, washing machines, light bulbs, showerheads and toilets. He's turned his ire into a presidential edict.

Here's how the luxury real estate market is splitting up ...

FEMA provides aid after natural disasters, but it's not meant to replace your home insurance plan, especially as the agency is facing major changes.

The Trump administration is ordering Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to formally consider cryptocurrency as an asset in single-family mortgage loan risk assessments.

A rent freeze could lower the value of Flagstar's multi-family housing loans, though the extent of the potential impact is unclear.

New home sales dropped much more than expected, as high prices, high mortgage rates and weak consumer confidence ate into demand.