Home prices

While all portions of mortgage credit underwriting standards have slipped since the early post-crisis period, it is the deteriorating conditions that most increases vulnerability for future loan quality, a Moody's report said.

Two Texas cities have landed at the top of a list of the country's hottest housing markets.

While the average down payment percentage of purchase price stayed mostly flat, the average dollar amount dropped 10% from the previous quarter, according to LendingTree.

Thousands of homeowners in San Francisco, Los Angeles and Chicago are headed out of town.

Average new-home prices increased in four major Texas markets in September, with prices edging up 0.7% to $357,364 in the Houston area, according to a new report by HomesUSA.com.

Sonoma County, Calif., home sales plunged last month to the lowest level for September in 11 years, the clearest sign yet of a housing market slowdown.

Home price appreciation is continuing to decelerate due to affordability concerns that are unlikely to let up even though recent market developments have put some downward pressure on mortgage rates.

Housing recoveries usually look like this: sales pick up momentum, price increases follow and there is a good flow of new properties coming on the market to keep up buyer interest.

A typical homebuyer has already lost over 6% of purchasing power because of rising interest rates since the start of the year, a study by Redfin found.

Southern California home sales fell in September by the biggest rate since the depths of the Great Recession, the latest housing report by the California Association of Realtors shows.

With home values nearly doubling income growth in the last 20 years, it's now taking homebuyers 7.2 years to put together a down payment, according to Zillow.

The number of central Ohio homes for sale in September broke a 91-month streak of year-over-year inventory declines, according to the Columbus Realtors trade group.

The Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Israeli Ministry of Finance are joining forces through a memorandum of cooperation to explore and share approaches on housing and mortgage finance issues plaguing their nations.

Declining home sales and high mortgage rates led to a year-over-year increase in housing stock in September, according to Redfin.

Bucking a national trend, sales of single-family homes soared by double digits in Hillsborough, Pinellas and Hernando counties in September.

Dallas-Fort Worth was the only major Texas market that saw a decline in third quarter home sales.

A surge in home equity borrowing may be around the corner as household equity levels surpassed their previous housing bubble peak, according to a TransUnion study.

The extended boom in residential real estate sales in metro Detroit may be peaking if newly released September sales numbers are any indication, though experts say it remains a seller's market.

With the home selling season winding down and autumn in full swing, here's a look at the cities where both home purchase prices and monthly rents are starting to ease.

Despite mortgage rates at a seven-year high and rising home prices and low inventory that are keeping consumers from buying homes, rental prices are declining in many markets.