John Maxfield

Upbeat comments from two blue-chip companies help fuel today's modest gains.

A new report showed that home prices increased in May by 7.3% over the same month last year.

Lackluster earnings and a downbeat report from the housing sector are weighing on stocks today.

Existing-home sales fell in June compared to May, but make no mistake about it: the housing market continues to improve.

This week will be dominated by a slew of both economic releases and earnings reports.

Only once before in recorded history have mortgage rates been more volatile than they are right now: November 2008, two months after the fall of Lehman Brothers triggered the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression.

Don’t fool yourself into thinking that Bank of America actually wants your business. If anything, it’d probably rather have nothing to do with you and your measly checking account.

While there's something to be said about owning your home outright, it can't be denied that paying off your mortgage in one fell swoop comes with tradeoffs.

Bank of America became the final megabank to report earnings for the second quarter. And, at least at first glance, business at the nation’s second largest lender by assets appears to be on the up and up.

The Commerce Department announced this morning that privately owned housing starts fell last month by 9.9% compared to May.

The Mortgage Bankers Association reported this morning that its index of weekly mortgage application activity fell by 2.6% last week compared to the week before.

The National Association of Home Builders reported this morning that its housing market index, which tracks confidence among homebuilders, rose by six points to 57 in July.

It’s prime selling season for real estate, but one thing is missing: homes that are for sale.

If you’ve been on the hunt for the market’s Holy Grail, then I have good news for you. Not only does it exist, but you can have access to it for a few thousand bucks a month. And, no, this isn’t a sales pitch, or, at least, it’s not my pitch.

Mortgage rates have ricocheted off of their historical lows. But while common sense would dictate that this will hurt the housing market, there's reason to believe that just the opposite is occurring.

Have mortgage rates skyrocketed over the past few weeks? Sure. But more importantly, they're still dirt cheap.

While only a handful of blue-chip companies have reported thus far, second-quarter earnings season is off to a good start.

The nation's largest mortgage originator reported yet another quarter of record profits. Here are the five most important things its CEO had to say on the conference call.

Was there some bad news today? Sure. But comments from two prominent bankers provide reason to be optimistic.

Another incident with another plane sends shares of Boeing sharply lower.