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Mortgage rates ended the week unchanged from the previous seven-day period, according to Freddie Mac, although not without some gyrations from the results of the elections in the United Kingdom and U.S-China trade talks.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has signed legislation aimed at getting mortgage companies to take quicker action on vacant properties.

Sales of previously owned homes declined to a five-month low in November, indicating lean inventories are holding back a residential real estate market that's been supported by low mortgage rates and job growth.

Dallas-Fort Worth home sales and construction totals are expected to rise only modestly in 2020, but the expected increases could still be enough to push area home numbers to new highs.

Southern California house prices jumped 7.5% in the 12 months ending in November, the biggest gain in the state, according to the California Association of Realtors.

The two Democrats sent a letter "raising grave concerns about whether the bureau is fulfilling its statutory obligations."

London bore the brunt of heightened political uncertainty in October, with house prices posting their biggest monthly decline for more than eight years.

With housing projected to grow hand-in-hand with the economy, Fannie Mae boosted its single-family mortgage origination outlook for 2019, 2020 and 2021.

The $458.87 million HalseyPoint CLO1, via JPMorgan, is the first deal by the firm that was launched in May 2018 by two former Columbia Asset Management portfolio managers.

November was another month in the latter part of 2019 where actual existing-home sales outperformed their potential, but that momentum seems unlikely to continue in 2020, First American said.