Home prices

The president signed an executive order Tuesday establishing a White House council dedicated to examining regulatory barriers to affordable housing.

Home price appreciation turned the corner into negative territory, with values down for the second straight month, according to Zillow. Before April, property values continued growing for 85 months in a row.

Sales of new homes fell to a five-month low in May, adding to signs of weakness in the sector despite lower mortgage rates.

Home-price gains in 20 U.S. cities decelerated in April for a 13th straight month to the weakest pace since 2012, indicating further moderation in the housing market, particularly in once-hot West Coast areas.

Driven by job growth and low interest rates, central Ohio home sales jumped more than 5% in May, the biggest leap in two and a half years.

More than half of the benefit of repealing the $10,000 deduction cap for state and local taxes would go to millionaires, according to Congress's nonpartisan tax scorekeeper.

For months, Palm Beach County's tepid housing market seemed unaffected by the combination of a booming job market and rock-bottom mortgage rates.

May was a record-setting month for the housing market both in the city of Austin and Central Texas as a whole, the Austin Board of Realtors said.

The real estate service Zillow has tried to quantify what has long been real estate conventional wisdom: That gay neighborhoods carry a premium over other neighborhoods.

Sales of previously owned homes rebounded in May to a three-month high as all regions gained amid lower interest rates and a labor market that remains strong.

San Bernardino County, land of the most affordable housing in Southern California, bucked a regional trend of slowing home appreciation in May, seeing its year-over-year prices rise 10.5%.

Housing prices rose commensurate with the temperature, but ongoing inventory issues will keep sales in check, according to Redfin.

Prime selling season is in full swing, but despite another month of a slight increase in home sales, Charlotte still has a low supply of houses for sale.

May housing numbers are on the same track as previous months this year, not as good as 2018's record setting year, but better than any other year since 2008, according to the New Mexico Association of Realtors.

The vast majority of consumers claim it's a good time to sell a house as slowing price appreciation doesn't translate to the promise of a bigger deal ahead, according to the National Association of Realtors.

New-home sales in the Houston area rose for the fourth straight month in May, but the market could be tightening as the number of pending sales continued to decline, a new report showed.

The spring housing market brought some good news for both homebuyers and sellers as conditions eased up on both sides of the fence, according to Remax.

While Ada and Canyon County, Idaho, home prices keep setting records, a credit rating service warns that Idaho home prices are among the most overvalued in the nation.

Higher prices but fewer sales led to a roughly $20 million reduction in residential real estate sold on Maui last month, according to the Realtrs Association of Maui.

Canadian home sales activity continued to rebound last month, suggesting the nation's housing market is improving after a sluggish start to the year.