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Housing and mortgage discrimination complaints are beginning a slow boil as government, consumer and community agencies join forces to fight renewed discrimination against minorities, immigrants, peole with disabilities and other underserved populations.

The average interest rate on 30-year fixed rate mortgages (FRMs) was a record-low 3.79 percent the week ending May 17, with an average 0.7 point, down from 3.83 percent last week, the previous all-time low. Last year at this time, …

Home values in select San Francisco Bay Area pockets will get a 5 to 10 percent boost from Facebook Inc.’s initial public offering (IPO) Friday, according to an analysis of the IPO’s impact on area home values. That “Facebook Effect” …

As interest rates hover around record low levels and home prices bounce along the bottom, incomes are also cooperating to make housing more affordable than ever. Of course, all those favorable affordability conditions don’t amount to a hill of beans …

Rumors of a HARP 3.0 were not greatly exaggerated. The “Responsible Homeowner Refinancing Act of 2012″ would make it easier and less expensive to refinance under the Making Home Affordable initiative known as the Home Affordable Refinancing Program (HARP).

Remote controlled access to Realtor.com’s listings is the next big thing on the menu for digital access to homes for sale. Later this year, the Realtor.com Channel will add television displays to computer and smart mobile device displays as another …

“I do understand why Time chose this picture…This isn’t how we breastfeed at home. It’s more of a cradling, nurturing situation.” Check back over the next several decades and see how son Aram does with all the publicity.

San Jose, CA is one of three cities to win a USA Weekend Magazine Make a Difference Day award for the efforts of a city-school-neighborhood collaboration to rid an East San Jose area of graffiti, litter and blight.

Qualified Californian homeowners have a shot at enhanced state programs that can reduce their mortgage principal by as much as $100,000 and pay up to $25,000 in late mortgage payments.