May 27, 2020
One of America’s biggest indoor water parks, normally packed with frolicking families, has gone dark — a casualty of social distancing. Now, the mortgage on the property is in trouble. The Kalahari water park and resort in the Poconos, with …
November 26, 2019
The Boy Scouts of America has mortgaged one of the most spectacular properties it owns, the vast Philmont Scout Ranch in New Mexico, to help secure a line of credit as the financially strapped organization faces a growing wave of …
October 3, 2019
Climate change poses risks to real estate that homebuyers may not be able to predict. As sea level rises, coastal properties, for example, may be subject to increased flooding and intensifying storm surges. First-time homebuyers often lack the expertise to …
October 24, 2011
Insurance regulators in Arizona have seized the main subsidiary of private mortgage insurer PMI Group Inc. A statement on PMI’s website says a court order gives Arizona’s Department of Insurance full possession and control of the Arizona-based subsidiary, PMI Mortgage …
September 26, 2011
The federal program that insures homes against flood damage expires next Friday and is at risk of not being renewed, even as an early fall storm threatens to inundate much of the northeastern United States yet again. Industry executives say …