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Statistics Canada said its new house price index was 117.3 in August, up 0.5 percent from July, and up 4.7 percent from a year earlier. The index, which has a...

House price gains in the United Kingdom have largely been accounted for by strong increases in the northern parts of the country, according to a new quarterly survey. The Halifax...

Corporate slogans--the catchy tag lines companies spend millions of dollars a year creating and promoting--aren't so catchy. A new survey released this week found that most Americans can't match even...

If you fall behind on your mortgage payments and want to hammer out a solution, be prepared for some hassle. Mortgage lenders often say they want nothing more than to...

A sharp rise in market interest rates for government debt has affirmed what many economists and analysts had believed: The end is very much in sight for the longest, loftiest...

Record low mortgage rates have undoubtedly been good news for consumers, but that isn't the only reason refinancing activity has gone from strength to record strength. A rising number of...

Americans are expected to spend a record amount on home-improvement projects this spring but will be more budget-conscious about how they get that work done, according to a recent survey....

Canadian housing starts fell 6.6 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 200,600 in September from 214,800 in August, Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. said. Starts of urban single...

Northern Trust Corp. expects its third-quarter earnings to fall below Wall Street estimates and plans to completely write off its investment in MyCFO Inc. In a press release Friday, the...

A battle between competing reorganization plans in Chicago-based Montgomery Ward & Co.'s Chapter 11 case may be moving toward a resolution. Earlier this month, GE Capital Corp. won approval of...