AP Laura Jordan came home from work one day to find herself locked out. She had missed two mortgage payments, and the company servicing her loan had changed the locks without warning. In a ruling this month, the Washington Supreme Court found that action illegal — a decision that clears the way for a federal class-action case that Jordan …

  Bloomberg New Zealand’s central bank is moving to quell the country’s housing boom by restricting the amount of money property investors can borrow, paving the way for another cut in interest rates. The Reserve Bank will require investors across New Zealand to have a deposit of at least 40 percent, it said in a statement in Wellington. The new …

  ABU DHABI / WAM Aldar Properties PJSC (Aldar)on Wednesday awarded contracts of AED 440 million to National Projects and Construction LLC (NPC) for Nareel Island, its master planned island community, and for Al Merief, the distinctive community in Khalifa City. Set to be carried out over a 16-month period, the work on both developments has commenced and covers infrastructure, utilities …